Surname Velčić in modern Croatia

Velčić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Cres. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and on the Island of Cres.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Velčić live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 260 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Rijeka (65), Cres on the Island of Cres (30), Zagreb (20), Split (<10), and in Vrsi (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 50 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (39), Australia (6), Sweden (3), Germany (1), and to France (1).
Family name Velčić (including: Velcic , Velcich ) is present in 15 countries worldwide. "Velcich " is used by some 90 people in South Africa , about 90 in Italy , and some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Elisa Velčić, Franjo Velčić, Igor Velčić, Bruna Velčić, Giampaolo Velčić, Nikola Velčić, Zdravko Velčić, Vladimir Velčić, Hrvoje Velčić, Viliam Velčić, Sandra Velčić, Carmen Velčić, Bernard Velčić, Denis Velčić, Ante Velčić, Jasna Velčić, Ema Velčić, Tatjana Velčić, Jelena Velčić

Mentions in sources

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

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