Surname Orlić in modern Croatia

Orlić families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Krk , less frequently Serbs and Bosniaks (from Cazinska Krajina Region, Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Rijeka. In Punat on the Island of Krk every seventh inhabitant had the family name Orlić.

Prevalence

About 1300 people with faimily name Orlić live in Croatia today, in 570 households. There were 1600 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 62 cities and 100 other places, mostly in Zagreb (170), Punat on the Island of Krk (130), Rijeka (120), Pula (120), and in Split (80).

Outside Croatia

At least 69 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (43), Australia (5), Canada (3), Germany (3), Belgium (2), Argentina (2), Peru (2), France (2), the United Kingdom (2), Austria (1), Mexico (1), Spain (1), Sweden (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Orlić (including: Orlic , Orlich , Orlicz , Horlick , Orlick , Horlyck , Orlitsch and Orlych ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. The family name "Orlic " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in France. "Orlich " is used by some 700 people in the United States , about 300 in Germany , and some 200 people in Costa Rica. "Orlicz " is used by some 700 people in Poland and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marija Orlić, Željka Orlić, Petar Orlić, Dubravko Orlić, Dragutin Orlić, Nada Orlić, Lucijan Orlić, Ivana Orlić, Ivica Orlić, Branko Orlić, Alemka Orlić, Iva Orlić, Lidija Orlić, Rajko Orlić, Alen Orlić, Denis Orlić, Sandi Orlić, Roman Orlić, Aileen Orlić

Mentions in sources

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

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