In Croatia, Čakelić families are Croats (from Peljesac Peninsula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and on Peljesac Peninsula. In Žuljana on Peljesac Peninsula every tenth inhabitant had the family name Čakelić.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Čakelić live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in only two naselja i to in Zuljana on the Peljesac peninsula (20) and Mlini in Dubrovnik area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Čakelić is present in this form only in Croatia.
