Surname Kilić in modern Croatia

Kilić families are Croats and they are mostly from Imotski area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotski area and in Imotsko.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Kilić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Split (25), Imotski (20), Tuk in Bjelovar area (20), Zagreb (15), and in Osijek (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kilić (including: Kilic , Kilich , Killick , Kilicci , Kielich , Killich , Cilic , Kielick , Killic and Kilick ) is present in 62 countries worldwide. The family name "Kilic " is used by some 30000 people in Turkey , about 3000 in Germany , and some 600 people in the United States. "Kilick " is used by few people in the United States. "Killich " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in Poland , and small number of people in Czech Republic , small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Kilić, Srećko Kilić, Biserka Kilić, Snježana Kilić, Marijan Kilić, Ante Kilić, Vilma Kilić, Siniša Kilić, Mirjana Kilić, Ivana Kilić, Željko Kilić, Dino Kilić, Marinko Kilić, Ivan Kilić, Ljiljana Kilić, Zlatko Kilić, Željka Kilić, Mate Kilić, Mila Kilić

Mentions in sources

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

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