In Croatia, Ogorelica families are predominantly Serbs, rarely Croats (also from Nova Gradiska area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nova Gradiska area and in Nova Gradiska.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Ogorelica live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in only five naselja i to in Nova Gradiska (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Vrbovljani (<10), Resetari (<5) and Bodegraj (<5) in Nova Gradiska area.
Outside Croatia
Family name Ogorelica is present in four countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.