About 20 people with faimily name Anelich live in Croatia today, in households. They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Sveti Jakov on the Island of Losinj (<5).
Outside Croatia
At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States. Family name Anelich is present in four countries on four continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.