Novoselić families are Croats and they are mostly from Valpovo area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Valpovo area and in Osijek. In Habjanovci in Valpovo area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Novoselić.
Prevalence
About 310 people with faimily name Novoselić live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 390 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 16 cities and 25 other places, mostly in Valpovo (70), Brodjanci in Valpovo area (45), Osijek (35), Zagreb (20), and in Mala Jazbina (20).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.