Surname Krelić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Krelić families are Croats (from Peljesac Peninsula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Krelić live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Orebic on the Peljesac peninsula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Krelić (including: Krelic , Crelick and Krelich ) is present in 8 countries on four continents. The family name "Krelic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Veronika Krelić, Terezija Krelić, Eduard Krelić, Drago Krelić, Antun Krelić, Agneza Krelić, Ana Krelić, Drage Krelić, Dragomir Krelić, Edo Krelić, Eduardo Krelić, Fila Krelić, Kata Krelić, Marija Krelić, Melita Krelić, Tera Krelić

Mentions in sources

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

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