Surname Zelenić in modern Croatia

Zelenić families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Prelog area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Zelenić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Valpovo (<10), Palinovec in Prelog area (<10), in Sljivosevci (<10) and Magadenovac (<10) in Donji Miholjac area, and in Osijek (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zelenić (including: Zelenic , Zelenich and Zelenick ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. "Zelenich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Zelenick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Zelenić, Vlado Zelenić, Stjepan Zelenić, Matija Zelenić, Tamara Zelenić, Zlatko Zelenić, Željko Zelenić, Vlatko Zelenić, Maja Zelenić, Nataša Zelenić, Bettina Zelenić, Nikola Zelenić, Marko Zelenić, Abraham Zelenić, Dragutin Zelenić, Vladimir Zelenić, Štefica Zelenić, Darko Zelenić, Višnja Zelenić

Mentions in sources

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

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