Svetličić families are Croats and they are mostly from Delnice area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Delnice area and in Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 170 people with faimily name Svetličić live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 220 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Ravna Gora in Delnice area (65), Zagreb (30), Ivanic-Grad (15), Rijeka (10), and in Beli Manastir (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Svetličić is present in 8 countries on three continents. The family name "Svetlicic " is used by small number of people in Poland , small number in Austria , and small number of people in the United States.
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.