Surname Keliš in modern Croatia

Keliš families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zlatar area. In Sveti Križ in Zlatar area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Keliš.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Keliš live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Sveti Kriz in Zlatar area (30), Zagreb (20), Varazdin (<10), Rijeka (<10), and in Butkovec in Novi Marof area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Keliš (including: Kelis , Kellis , Kelish , Kellish , Kellies , Kelies , Khelis , Kelischek , Kelisha and Keliss ) is present in 88 countries worldwide. "Kelish " is used by some 80 people in Egypt , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Keliss " is used by few people in the United States. "Kellis " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 200 in Greece , and some 70 people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Zdravko Keliš, Marijana Keliš, Zlatko Keliš, Davor Keliš, Željko Keliš, Sanja Keliš, Izabela Keliš, Biserka Keliš, Božena Keliš, Slavko Keliš, Zdenkica Keliš, Sabina Keliš, Nevenko Keliš, Tomislav Keliš, Jadranka Keliš, Marica Keliš, Darko Keliš, Karlo Keliš, Ivica Keliš

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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