Surname Kalčić in modern Croatia

Kalčić families are Croats and they are mostly from Labin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Pula. In Vadreš in Labin area every second inhabitant had the family name Kalčić.

Prevalence

About 550 people with faimily name Kalčić live in Croatia today, in 250 households. There were 630 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 63 other places, mostly in Rijeka (80), Pula (75), Karlovac (30), Zagreb (25), and in Porec (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 19 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (11), Argentina (3), Germany (2), Australia (1), Canada (1), and to France (1).
Family name Kalčić (including: Kalcic , Kalcich , Kaltschmidt , Kaltschmitt , Kaltschmid , Calcic , Kaltschmied , Kalcsics , Kalcas and Kalchich ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Kalcic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Austria. "Kalcich " is used by some 90 people in the United States and about 60 in Argentina. "Kalchich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Slavko Kalčić, Silva Kalčić, Igor Kalčić, Bosiljka Kalčić, Vladimir Kalčić, Šime Kalčić, Emil Kalčić, Željka Kalčić, Željko Kalčić, Stjepan Kalčić, Kristijan Kalčić, Stanka Kalčić, Zlatko Kalčić, Odić Kalčić, Boris Kalčić, Renata Kalčić, Zoran Kalčić, Izidor Kalčić, Suzana Kalčić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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