Surname Kelečić in modern Croatia

Kelečić families are Croats and they are mostly from Jastrebarsko area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Jastrebarsko area. In places Novo Selo Okićko and Beter in Jastrebarsko area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Kelečić.

Prevalence

About 290 people with faimily name Kelečić live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 320 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 18 cities and 32 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Beter in Jastrebarsko area (40), Stankovo (25), Repisce in Jastrebarsko area (20), and in Gornji Stupnik in Samobor area (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kelečić (including: Kelecic , Kelecich ) is present in 7 countries on three continents. The family name "Kelecic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Venezuela. "Kelecich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Goran Kelečić, Mijo Kelečić, Sanja Kelečić, Đurđica Kelečić, Stjepan Kelečić, Miroslav Kelečić, Jadranka Kelečić, Miljenko Kelečić, Zdravko Kelečić, Vlasta Kelečić, Željko Kelečić, Dragutin Kelečić, Zlatko Kelečić, Darko Kelečić, Antonio Kelečić, Božidar Kelečić, Gordana Kelečić, Mirjana Kelečić, Dejan Kelečić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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