Surname Kelek in modern Croatia

Kelek families are Croats and they are mostly from Krizevci area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krizevci area and in Koprivnica. In Kusijevec in Krizevci area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Kelek.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Kelek live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Koprivnica (10), Krizevci (10), Zagreb (10), Kusijevec in Krizevci area (<10), and in Sesvete (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kelek (including: Kelechi , Kelec , Keleci , Khelek , Kelecha , Kelech , Kelleck , Kellek and Keleck ) is present in 51 countries worldwide. The family name "Kelek " is used by some 1000 people in Turkey , about 100 in Germany , and small number of people in Marshall Islands , small number of people in the United States. "Keleck " is used by few people in the United States. "Khelek " is used by few people in Russian Federation and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Suzana Kelek, Martina Kelek, Ivan Kelek, Tomislav Kelek, Spomenko Kelek, Mira Kelek, Ljiljana Kelek, Ivana Kelek, Zvonko Kelek, Ana Kelek, Irena Kelek, Ivica Kelek, Katarina Kelek, Anka Kelek, Dragutin Kelek, Vedran Kelek, Andreja Kelek, Stjepan Kelek, Damir Kelek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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