Surname Nelc in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Nelc families are Croats (from Opatija area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Opatija area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Nelc live in Croatia today, in two households only.
They are located in only two naselja i to in Klana (<10) and Lipa (<5) in Opatija area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Nelc (including: Nelz , Nelch , Neelz and Nellich ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Nelc " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Nelch " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marin Nelc, Kristijan Nelc, Franjo Nelc, Ivan Nelc, Branka Nelc, Dejan Nelc, Ana Nelc, Denis Nelc, Dušanka Nelc, Marina Nelc, Paulo Nelc, Matej Nelc, Marko Nelc, Vlado Nelc

Mentions in sources

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

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