Surname Urlić in modern Croatia

Urlić families are Croats and they are mostly from Makarska area. According to some sources they are from Bosnia (Zvornik). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Makarska area and in Split. In Drašnice in Makarska area every third inhabitant had the family name Urlić.

Prevalence

About 260 people with faimily name Urlić live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are only located in in 11 Croatian cities and 7 other places, mostly in Drasnice in Makarska area (95), Split (80), Makarska (45), Zagreb (20), and in Dubrovnik (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Urlić (including: Urlic , Urlich , Urlichs , Hurlic , Urlick and Hurlich ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. "Urlick " is used by some 80 people in Tanzania and small number in the United States. "Hurlic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Hurlich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ljubomir Urlić, Ivan Urlić, Nives Urlić, Mato Urlić, Velimir Urlić, Damir Urlić, Damjan Urlić, Ivica Urlić, Anđelo Urlić, Goran Urlić, Hrvoje Urlić, Zenka Urlić, Nikša Urlić, Marita Urlić, Mirjana Urlić, Nikolina Urlić, Vesna Urlić, Mario Urlić, Sanjin Urlić

Mentions in sources

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

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