Surname Jelić in modern Croatia

Jelić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Senj area. According to some sources they are from Dolac near Split, s the Island of Iz, Cavoglave near Drnis or Slavonia (near Zupanja), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Bosnian Krajina (Teslic area). In Plavuzi in North Herzegovina every second inhabitant had the family name Jelić.

Prevalence

About 3900 people with faimily name Jelić live in Croatia today, in 1600 households. There were 3100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 91 cities and 335 other places, mostly in Zagreb (780), Split (170), Slavonski Brod (145), Ivankovo in Vinkovci area (145), and in Sesvete (110).

Outside Croatia

At least 43 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (13), the United States (11), Australia (6), Canada (5), Austria (3), France (2), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Jelić (including: Jelic , Jelich , Yelich , Jellick , Jellich , Yelic , Jelics , Jelicz , Jelicie and Jelici ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. The family name "Jelic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 200 in Germany , and some 100 people in Canada. "Jelich " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in Australia. "Yelich " is used by some 300 people in the United States , small number in Argentina , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Damir Jelić, Mislav Jelić, Ivan Jelić, Krešimir Jelić, Vinka Jelić, Marko Jelić, Jadranko Jelić, Marijana Jelić, Anamarija Jelić, Boženko Jelić, Maro Jelić, Jordan Jelić, Slavica Jelić, Mateja Jelić, Mladen Jelić, Dubravko Jelić, Tomislav Jelić, Zvonimir Jelić, Jadranka Jelić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over eighty times, the first time 1689 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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