Surname Velić in modern Croatia

Velić families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Buje area , less frequently Bosniaks (from Cazinska Krajina Region, Bosnia) and Roms. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Livno area) and in Split. In Velići in Buje area every second inhabitant had the family name Velić.

Prevalence

About 890 people with faimily name Velić live in Croatia today, in 370 households. There were 360 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 61 cities and 91 other places, mostly in Zagreb (155), Karlovac (115), Split (45), Sisak (40), and in Rijeka (30).

Outside Croatia

Family name Velić (including: Velic , Velich , Velici , Veliche , Velichi , Velick , Vellich , Velicho , Velichii and Velicha ) is present in 45 countries worldwide. The family name "Velic " is used by some 900 people in the United States , about 300 in Slovakia , and some 300 people in Austria. "Velici " is used by some 300 people in Romania , small number in Spain , and small number in the United States. "Velick " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivo Velić, Vanja Velić, Željko Velić, Josipa Velić, Ante Velić, Darko Velić, Mesud Velić, Zdenko Velić, Anka Velić, Damir Velić, Haris Velić, Denis Velić, Josip Velić, Stipo Velić, Emir Velić, Svjetlana Velić, Božo Velić, Ana Velić, Miro Velić

Mentions in sources

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

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