Modlic families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Mursko Sredisce area.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Modlic live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are located and 14 other Croatian places, mostly in Cakovec (10), Strukovec (10), Zagreb (10), Mursko Sredisce (<10), and in Selnica in Mursko Sredisce area (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Modlic is present in 7 countries on three continents. "Modlich " is used by some 300 people in Germany and about 70 in the United States.
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.