Surname Salečić in modern Croatia

Salečić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Korcula. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Korcula and in Split.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Salečić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Smokvica on the Island of Korcula (65), Zagreb (15), Lumbarda on the Island of Korcula (<10), Rijeka (<10), and in Dubrovnik (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (5), the United States (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Salečić (including: Salecich , Salecic ) is present in three countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Salečić, Milivoj Salečić, Marija Salečić, Lovor Salečić, Karmen Salečić, Nenad Salečić, Robert Salečić, Alen Salečić, Jakov Salečić, Ljuba Salečić, Željana Salečić, Josip Salečić, Franica Salečić, Julija Salečić, Matko Salečić, Jadranka Salečić, Željan Salečić, Nikica Salečić, Mirjana Salečić

Mentions in sources

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

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