In Croatia, Velečić families are almost entirely Croats (from Ivanec area ), very rarely Slovaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec area and in Varazdin. In Vratno Otok in Ivanec area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Velečić.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Velečić live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in two Croatian counties, in one city and 5 other places, mostly in Cestica (<10), Vratno Otok (<10) and Dubrava Krizovljanska (<5) in Ivanec area, Cakovec (<5), and in Strmec Podravski in Varazdin area (<5).
