Surname Pilić in modern Croatia

Pilić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Gornji Vakuf area) and in Middle Bosnia (Skender Vakuf area). In places Vilić Polje , Gornji Orašac and Brnjići in Middle Bosnia every fifth inhabitant had the family name Pilić.

Prevalence

About 520 people with faimily name Pilić live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 44 cities and 52 other places, mostly in Zagreb (125), Split (80), Sibenik (45), Trnovac in Pozega area (20), and in Brodarica (15).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), Austria (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Pilić (including: Pilic , Pilich , Pillich , Pilichi , Pilieci , Pielich , Pilici , Pielick , Philic and Pilicz ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. "Pilieci " is used by some 90 people in Canada , about 60 in Italy , and small number of people in the United States. "Pillich " is used by some 500 people in Germany , about 60 in the United States , and some 60 people in Poland. "Pielick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Kristina Pilić, Šime Pilić, Damir Pilić, Željko Pilić, Žaklina Pilić, Ilijana Pilić, Ivica Pilić, Davor Pilić, Branko Pilić, Daniela Pilić, Mira Pilić, Zdenko Pilić, Zora Pilić, Mirko Pilić, Goran Pilić, Slavko Pilić, Paskal Pilić, Rajko Pilić, Ivana Pilić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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