Surname Kelović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kelović families are Croats (from Sisak ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and Zagreb. In Sela in Sisak every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Kelović.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Kelović live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Sisak (<10), Sela (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kelović (including: Kelovic , Chelovich , Kelovich and Celovic ) is present in 16 countries on three continents. "Celovic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Chelovich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Kelović, Danijela Kelović, Ivan Kelović, Marko Kelović, Željka Kelović, Zvonko Kelović, Milko Kelović, Krunoslav Kelović, Ivica Kelović, Drago Kelović, Gordan Kelović, Smiljana Kelović, Stjepan Kelović, Barica Kelović, Kata Kelović, Blanka Kelović, Domagoj Kelović, Borna Kelović, Maria Kelović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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