Ključević families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Doboj, Bosnia (Doboj area) and in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanski Brod area). In Kričanovo in Bosanian Posavina every tenth inhabitant had the family name Ključević.
Prevalence
About 290 people with faimily name Ključević live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Slavonski Brod (100), Zagreb (75), Sesvete (15), Gornja Vrba in Slavonski Brod area (10), and in Zapresic (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Ključević is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Kljucevic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Norway , and small number of people in Australia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1935 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.
