Surname Zemljić in modern Croatia

Zemljić families are Croats and they are mostly from Oroslavje area. According to some sources they are from Krapinske Toplice area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Cakovec. In Gornja Pačetina in Krapina every ninth inhabitant had the family name Zemljić.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Zemljić live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 180 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 14 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Zagreb (80), Cakovec (20), Senkovec in Cakovec area (10), Gornja Pacetina (10), and in Ervenik Zlatarski in Oroslavje area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zemljić (including: Zemljic , Zemljich ) is present in 10 countries on four continents. The family name "Zemljic " is used by some 70 people in Chile , small number in Australia , and small number of people in the United States. "Zemljich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jasna Zemljić, Zvonko Zemljić, Aleš Zemljić, Zdravko Zemljić, Danica Zemljić, Mirjana Zemljić, Želimir Zemljić, Mladen Zemljić, Josip Zemljić, Draženka Zemljić, Branka Zemljić, Zlatko Zemljić, Martina Zemljić, Nenad Zemljić, Božidar Zemljić, Goran Zemljić, Željko Zemljić, Dejan Zemljić, Jasminka Zemljić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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