Surname Mikelić in modern Croatia

Mikelić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Solin. According to some sources they are from Kljake near Drnis and Bosnia, very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Drnis area.

Prevalence

About 420 people with faimily name Mikelić live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 520 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Split (110), Solin (75), Zagreb (50), Vranjic (50), and in Banjol on the Island of Rab (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mikelić (including: Mikelic , Michelic , Michelich , Mikelich , Micheliche , Mickelic and Michellich ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. The family name "Mikelic " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Iran , and small number of people in Canada. "Mikelich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Mickelic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marin Mikelić, Sandra Mikelić, Karmela Mikelić, Mirko Mikelić, Luka Mikelić, Slaven Mikelić, Jadranka Mikelić, Boris Mikelić, Anamarija Mikelić, Ranka Mikelić, Miran Mikelić, Anđelko Mikelić, Igor Mikelić, Srđan Mikelić, Aldo Mikelić, Branka Mikelić, Božo Mikelić, Nedjeljko Mikelić, Tajana Mikelić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over sixty times, the first time 1683 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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