Surname Ćelić in modern Croatia

Ćelić families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Imotski area , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Metkovic and in Imotski area. In Poljica in Imotski area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Ćelić.

Prevalence

About 560 people with faimily name Ćelić live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 90 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 30 other places, mostly in Metkovic (120), Krivodol in Imotski area (95), Zagreb (65), Split (60), and in Podrujnica in Opuzen area (40).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ćelić (including: Celic , Chelich , Celich , Cellich , Chelici , Chelick , Chelych and Celick ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Celic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 100 in Germany , and small number of people in Italy. "Chelich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Celich " is used by some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Manuela Ćelić, Jasmin Ćelić, Davor Ćelić, Nedjeljko Ćelić, Ivan Ćelić, Silvija Ćelić, Marica Ćelić, Mate Ćelić, Petar Ćelić, Slobodan Ćelić, Josip Ćelić, Robert Ćelić, Krešimir Ćelić, Ante Ćelić, Ivica Ćelić, Karmel Ćelić, Morana Ćelić, Davorka Ćelić, Marijan Ćelić

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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