In Croatia, Pielić families are Croats (from Gospic area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Gospic area and in Gospic.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Pielić live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Gospic (<10), Cacinci in Orahovica area (<10), Otocac (<5), and in Mokrice (<5).
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.