Surname Jelušić in modern Croatia

Jelušić families are Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Krajina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Kotor Varos area) and in Bosanian Posavina (Odzak area).

Prevalence

About 950 people with faimily name Jelušić live in Croatia today, in 400 households. There were 580 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 52 cities and 109 other places, mostly in Zagreb (115), Rijeka (60), Strizivojna in Djakovo area (55), Sesvete (50), and in Klostar Podravski in Djurdjevac area (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), Switzerland (3), the United States (2), and to Austria (1).
Family name Jelušić (including: Jelusic , Jelusich , Yelusich , Ielusich and Jelussich ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. "Jelusich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Yelusich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Niko Jelušić, Srećko Jelušić, Mario Jelušić, Renata Jelušić, Ivo Jelušić, Adriana Jelušić, Frane Jelušić, Marija Jelušić, Ilijana Jelušić, Tomislav Jelušić, Damir Jelušić, Pavo Jelušić, Denis Jelušić, Biserka Jelušić, Đurđica Jelušić, Leonard Jelušić, Krešimir Jelušić, Stjepan Jelušić, Mirko Jelušić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1729 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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