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Surname Jelčić in modern Croatia
Jelčić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Opuzen area and according to some sources from Pocitelj near Capljina (Herzegovina), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Capljina area) and in Metkovic. In Stubica in Middle Bosnia every third inhabitant had the family name Jelčić.
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Prevalence
About 950 people with faimily name Jelčić live in Croatia today, in 380 households. There were 690 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 48 cities and 67 other places, mostly in Zagreb (190), Metkovic (145), Split (50), Ploce (40), and in Pozega (30).
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Outside Croatia
At least 35 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (19), Germany (5), Australia (4), South Africa (4), Sweden (1), New Zealand (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Jelčić (including: Jelcic , Jelcich , Yelcich , Jelcick and Yelcick ) is present in 16 countries on four continents. The family name "Jelcic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 70 in Chile , and some 50 people in Australia. "Jelcich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Yelcich " is used by small number of people in New Zealand and small number in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Igor Jelčić,
Olga Jelčić,
Želimir Jelčić,
Žaneta Jelčić,
Ante Jelčić,
Božidar Jelčić,
Barbara Jelčić,
Marija Jelčić,
Andrija Jelčić,
Zoltan Jelčić,
Mira Jelčić,
Ivan Jelčić,
Zdravko Jelčić,
Jozo Jelčić,
Marjan Jelčić,
Mirko Jelčić,
Vladimir Jelčić,
Ivica Jelčić,
Livio Jelčić
