In Croatia, Vele families are Slovenes (from Crikvenica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Kraljevica.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Vele live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Crikvenica (<5) and Bakarac (<5).