Surname Ćalić in modern Croatia

Ćalić families can be both Serbs and Croats (from Nova Gradiska area ), very rarely Jews. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Hrvatska Kostajnica area and in Western Bosnia (Tomislavgrad area). In Gorička in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Ćalić.

Prevalence

About 330 people with faimily name Ćalić live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 390 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 43 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Davor in Nova Gradiska area (45), Goricka in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (35), Brgud (15), and in Tenja (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ćalić (including: Chalich , Calic , Calich , Calicho , Caliche , Cialic , Callick , Callich , Calick and Chalick ) is present in 42 countries worldwide. The family name "Calic " is used by some 100 people in Germany , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Chalich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Indonesia , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Calich " is used by some 60 people in Brazil , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Slavko Ćalić, Zrinka Ćalić, Nenad Ćalić, Davorka Ćalić, Gordana Ćalić, Predrag Ćalić, Srećko Ćalić, Anka Ćalić, Željko Ćalić, Marija Ćalić, Ivan Ćalić, Aleksandra Ćalić, Nataša Ćalić, Damir Ćalić, Slađana Ćalić, Josip Ćalić, Srdjan Ćalić, Danijel Ćalić, Tomislav Ćalić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1721 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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