In Croatia, Makeljić families are Bosniaks (from Pag area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Bosanska Dubica area).
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Makeljić live in Croatia today, in one household only. They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Cesarica in Pag area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Makeljić is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.
