Surname Markelić in modern Croatia

Markelić families are Croats and they are mostly from Tuzla Region , Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Brcko area) and in Tuzla Region, Bosnia (Tuzla area).

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Markelić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Rijeka (10), Sesvete (<10), Bribir in Novi Vinodolski area (<10), and in Kastel Stafilic (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Markelić (including: Markelic , Marcelic ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. "Marcelic " is used by some 80 people in the United States and small number in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Ivo Markelić, Zdenka Markelić, Mirjana Markelić, Marko Markelić, Nada Markelić, Stjepan Markelić, Mauricio Markelić, Finka Markelić, Davor Markelić, Marijan Markelić, Marina Markelić, Ivka Markelić, Željko Markelić, Marija Markelić, Blaž Markelić, Ivanka Markelić, Izabella Markelić, Anica Markelić, Zoran Markelić

Mentions in sources

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

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