Lilić families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Nin area. According to some sources they are from Siveric near Drnis, less frequent and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nin area and in Zadar.
Prevalence
About 270 people with faimily name Lilić live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Rijeka (35), Zadar (25), Split (20), Razanac in Nin area (20), and in Siveric (20).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.