Surname Lijić in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 360 people with faimily name Lijić live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 220 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Split (70), Kastel Sucurac (60), Osijek (45), Djurdjenovac in Nasice area (40), and in Zagreb (30).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lijić (including: Lijic , Lierich ) is present in four countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Hrvoje Lijić, Mate Lijić, Filip Lijić, Igor Lijić, Matko Lijić, Goran Lijić, Marija Lijić, Renata Lijić, Velimir Lijić, Anita Lijić, Ante Lijić, Mirna Lijić, Ivica Lijić, Željko Lijić, Nediljko Lijić, Markus Lijić, Tatjana Lijić, Vesna Lijić, Mira Lijić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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