Surname Kelin in modern Croatia

Kelin families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanic-Grad area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanic-Grad area and in Ludbreg area. In Gornja Obreška in Ivanic-Grad area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Kelin.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Kelin live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Ludbreg (10), Zagreb (<10), Klostar Ivanic in Ivanic-Grad area (<10), Prerovec (<10), and in Drnek in Ivanic-Grad area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kelin (including: Celin , Keelin , Kellin , Kellyn , Kelien , Khelin , Keliin , Khellin and Kelyn ) is present in 75 countries worldwide. "Kelien " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Keelin " is used by some 600 people in the United States. "Kellin " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Brazil , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Boris Kelin, Tatjana Kelin, Božidar Kelin, Zlatko Kelin, Mario Kelin, Ivan Kelin, Zvonimir Kelin, Goran Kelin, Angelina Kelin, Ana Kelin, Kristina Kelin, Marina Kelin, Igor Kelin, Dragutin Kelin, Marijan Kelin, Radojka Kelin, Mirjana Kelin, Mladen Kelin, Ljiljana Kelin

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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