Surname Kelčić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kelčić families are generally Croats (from Vinkovci area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vinkovci area and in Vinkovci.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Kelčić live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Vinkovci (10), Nijemci in Vinkovci area (10), Bizovac in Valpovo area (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Donje Novo Selo in Vinkovci area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kelčić is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Davor Kelčić, Klementina Kelčić, Ivana Kelčić, Mirela Kelčić, Stjepan Kelčić, Đuro Kelčić, Zlatko Kelčić, Igor Kelčić, Pero Kelčić, Blaženka Kelčić, Saša Kelčić, Vera Kelčić, Martin Kelčić, Katarina Kelčić, Kata Kelčić, Marinko Kelčić, Vita Kelčić, Dinko Kelčić, Božana Kelčić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1769 in source 18th Century Census.

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