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.
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.