Valečić families are Croats and they are mostly from Daruvar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Daruvar and Zagreb. In Donja Purgarija in Jastrebarsko area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Valečić.
Prevalence
About 190 people with faimily name Valečić live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Daruvar (15), Donja Purgarija in Jastrebarsko area (15), Ivanovo Polje in Daruvar area (15), and in Djakovo (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Valečić (including: Valecic , Vallecas ) is present in 9 countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.