Surname Mihelić in modern Croatia

Mihelić families are Croats and they are mostly from Ozalj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Samobor. In Vrbovec Samoborski in Samobor every third inhabitant had the family name Mihelić.

Prevalence

About 520 people with faimily name Mihelić live in Croatia today, in 210 households. There were 570 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 33 cities and 51 other places, mostly in Zagreb (90), Samobor (70), Karlovac (25), Vrbovec Samoborski (20), and in Ilok (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 24 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (9), France (6), Germany (3), Finland (2), Canada (2), Switzerland (1), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Mihelić (including: Mihelich , Mihelic , Michelic , Michelich , Mihelick , Micheliche , Michellich and Myhelic ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Mihelic " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 90 in Ivory Coast , and some 90 people in Russian Federation. "Mihelich " is used by some 1000 people in the United States. "Michelic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Radovan Mihelić, Draga Mihelić, Draško Mihelić, Damir Mihelić, Zdenko Mihelić, Sanjin Mihelić, Zlatko Mihelić, Goran Mihelić, Marijan Mihelić, Mario Mihelić, Maša Mihelić, Ana Mihelić, Željko Mihelić, Dražen Mihelić, Jadranko Mihelić, Ivanka Mihelić, Miroslav Mihelić, Sanja Mihelić, Igor Mihelić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over seventy times, the first time 1710 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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