Surname Veliki in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Veliki families are Croats (from Krapina area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Krapina area.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Veliki live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Selno in Krapina area (<10), Samobor (<5), Jasenovac Zagorski in Krapina area (<5), and in Velika Gorica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Veliki (including: Veliky , Velicki , Velikii , Velici , Veliqi , Velichi , Velikih , Velikie and Velliki ) is present in 46 countries worldwide. "Velicki " is used by some 50 people in the United States. "Velici " is used by some 300 people in Romania , small number in Spain , and small number in the United States. "Velliky " is used by some 90 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vesna Veliki, Dubravka Veliki, Biserka Veliki, Tomislav Veliki, Ivana Veliki, Kristijan Veliki, Luka Veliki, Krešimir Veliki, Ana Veliki, Krešo Veliki, Zlatica Veliki, Marcel Veliki, Božo Veliki, Ružica Veliki, Samantha Veliki, Ivan Veliki, Branka Veliki, Mirna Veliki, Mladen Veliki

Mentions in sources

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

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