Surname Mihelčić in modern Croatia

Mihelčić families are Croats and they are mostly from Delnice area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 660 people with faimily name Mihelčić live in Croatia today, in 310 households. There were 900 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 39 cities and 84 other places, mostly in Zagreb (120), Delnice (95), Rijeka (50), Virovitica (45), and in Lokve in Delnice area (25).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), the United States (3), Canada (1), and to France (1).
Family name Mihelčić (including: Mihelcic , Mihelchic and Michelcic ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Mihelcic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Australia. "Michelcic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Davor Mihelčić, Dragutin Mihelčić, Zlatko Mihelčić, Gabrijela Mihelčić, Goran Mihelčić, Dina Mihelčić, Franjo Mihelčić, Josip Mihelčić, Nikola Mihelčić, Dinko Mihelčić, Ivica Mihelčić, Žarko Mihelčić, Pero Mihelčić, Emil Mihelčić, Mirna Mihelčić, Katarina Mihelčić, Saša Mihelčić, Marina Mihelčić, Draško Mihelčić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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