Surname Lalić in modern Croatia

Lalić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Makarska area , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Vodice. In Čista Mala in Vodice every second inhabitant had the family name Lalić.

Prevalence

About 1900 people with faimily name Lalić live in Croatia today, in 870 households. There were 2500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 72 cities and 166 other places, mostly in Zagreb (280), Sibenik (90), Tucepi in Makarska area (90), Split (85), and in Rijeka (70).

Outside Croatia

At least 45 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (17), Australia (8), Switzerland (7), France (5), the United States (3), Canada (3), Finland (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Lalić (including: Lalich , Lalic , Laliche , Lallich , Lalicz , Lalick , Lalycs , Lalici and Laliech ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. The family name "Lalic " is used by some 1000 people in the Philippines , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Germany. "Lalich " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 80 in Peru , and some 70 people in Australia. "Laliech " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Boris Lalić, Dražen Lalić, Oliver Lalić, Mirko Lalić, Bojan Lalić, Alenka Lalić, Vesna Lalić, Hrvoje Lalić, Dean Lalić, Ana Lalić, Aleksandra Lalić, Ivan Lalić, Marijo Lalić, Tihomir Lalić, Andrej Lalić, Željko Lalić, Ljubica Lalić, Sunčica Lalić, Rajka Lalić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over seventy times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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