Surname Jelovčić in modern Croatia

Jelovčić families are Croats and they are mostly from Sibenik. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Rijeka. In Kaprije in Sibenik every fourth inhabitant had the family name Jelovčić.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Jelovčić live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Sibenik (65), Kaprije (30), Zagreb (20), Split (20), and in Jezera on the Island of Murter (20).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (5), Switzerland (1), Belgium (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Jelovčić (including: Jelovcic , Jelovcich and Ielovcich ) is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Jelovcic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Jelovcich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Kata Jelovčić, Saša Jelovčić, Ines Jelovčić, Jadran Jelovčić, Ivan Jelovčić, Vitorio Jelovčić, Dragutin Jelovčić, Bojan Jelovčić, Jelka Jelovčić, Nebojša Jelovčić, Anita Jelovčić, Krešimir Jelovčić, Renata Jelovčić, Luca Jelovčić, Vedrana Jelovčić, Siniša Jelovčić, Jelena Jelovčić, Čedo Jelovčić, Ratomir Jelovčić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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