Surname Valić in modern Croatia

Valić families are Croats and they are mostly from Slavonski Brod area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Pula.

Prevalence

About 490 people with faimily name Valić live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 800 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 47 other places, mostly in Pula (65), Rijeka (60), Zagreb (30), Bukovlje in Slavonski Brod area (30), and in Slavonski Brod (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 37 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (16), Australia (7), Canada (6), Germany (3), Sweden (2), France (2), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Valić (including: Valic , Valich , Valici , Walick , Valicha , Valick , Vallich , Vallicha , Valych and Valiec ) is present in 41 countries worldwide. The family name "Valic " is used by some 200 people in Moldova , about 80 in the United States , and some 70 people in Czech Republic. "Valich " is used by some 80 people in the United States , small number in Brazil , and small number of people in Argentina , small number of people in Australia. "Valick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Valić, Srećko Valić, Željko Valić, Ljiljana Valić, Jakob Valić, Miljenko Valić, Ivan Valić, Karlo Valić, Maja Valić, Antun Valić, Davor Valić, Lidija Valić, Anđa Valić, Filip Valić, Josip Valić, Ivica Valić, Darko Valić, Karmela Valić, Vesna Valić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1716 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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