In Croatia, Jelovčan families are predominantly Croats (from Ivanic-Grad ), very rarely Macedonians (also from Ivanic-Grad ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ivanic-Grad. In Donji Šarampov in Ivanic-Grad every fiftieth inhabitant had the family name Jelovčan.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Jelovčan live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in four Croatian cities only: in Ivanic-Grad (<10), Pula (<10), Koprivnica (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).