Surname Kriletić in modern Croatia

Kriletić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Korcula. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Korcula and in Dubrovnik.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Kriletić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Lumbarda on the Island of Korcula (75), Zagreb (15), Split (<10), Dubrovnik (<10), and in Nova Mokosica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kriletić (including: Kriletic , Kriletich ) is present in 7 countries on four continents. "Kriletich " is used by some 70 people in the United States , small number in New Zealand , and small number of people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Marija Kriletić, Roko Kriletić, Ivica Kriletić, Kristina Kriletić, Emina Kriletić, Ante Kriletić, Luka Kriletić, Marko Kriletić, Dinko Kriletić, Nikola Kriletić, Dragana Kriletić, Branka Kriletić, Nikša Kriletić, Ilija Kriletić, Branko Kriletić, Tereza Kriletić, Tonči Kriletić, Anton Kriletić, Amalija Kriletić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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