Surname Kelšin in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kelšin families are Croats (from Ivanic-Grad ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanic-Grad and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Kelšin live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Ivanic-Grad (<5), Dugo Selo (<5), Zagreb (<5), Posavski Bregi (<5), and in Klostar Ivanic in Ivanic-Grad area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kelšin (including: Kelsin , Kelshin and Khelsin ) is present in four countries.

Characteristic first names

Željko Kelšin, Slađana Kelšin, Josip Kelšin, Marica Kelšin, Andreja Kelšin, Maja Kelšin, Bojan Kelšin, Mirjana Kelšin, Tomo Kelšin, Stjepan Kelšin, Marijan Kelšin, Dražen Kelšin, Gordana Kelšin, Ivica Kelšin, Alen Kelšin, Dragutin Kelšin, Vjekoslava Kelšin, Katarina Kelšin, Ivanka Kelšin

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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