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Surname Čelik in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Čelik families are generally Croats (from Orahovica area ), very rarely Bosniaks (from Podrinje (Bosnia) ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Koprivnica area. In Lipnik in East Herzegovina every seventh inhabitant had the family name Čelik.
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Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Čelik live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Rijeka (10), Molve in Djurdjevac area (10), Zagreb (<10), Osijek (<10), and in Ernestinovo in Osijek area (<10).
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Outside Croatia
At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (4), the United States (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Čelik (including: Chelik , Celik , Cielik , Chmelik , Cselik , Celic , Chepelik , Chelick , Celick and Chellik ) is present in 51 countries worldwide. The family name "Celik " is used by some 40000 people in Turkey , about 4000 in Germany , and some 900 people in the United States. "Chmelik " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Austria. "Celic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 100 in Germany , and small number of people in Italy.
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Characteristic first names
Jakob Čelik,
Mario Čelik,
Smiljka Čelik,
Alen Čelik,
Azra Čelik,
Dragutin Čelik,
Nevenka Čelik,
Robert Čelik,
Irena Čelik,
Jasminka Čelik,
Fikri Čelik,
Vlatka Čelik,
Renata Čelik,
Marko Čelik,
Vesna Čelik,
Darko Čelik,
Jozo Čelik,
Franjo Čelik,
Biserka Čelik
