Velimirović families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Duga Resa area , whereas often Croats (from Karlovac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and in Duga Resa area. In Velika Crkvina in Duga Resa area every third inhabitant had the family name Velimirović.
Prevalence
About 150 people with faimily name Velimirović live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 0 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Karlovac (30), Zagreb (15), Veljun (15), Split (10), and in Rijeka (10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.