Surname Želimorski in modern Croatia

Želimorski families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lepoglava area and in Varazdin. In Benkovec in Lepoglava area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Želimorski.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Želimorski live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Varazdin (15), Koprivnica (15), Benkovec in Lepoglava area (15), Virje in Djurdjevac area (10), and in Bednja in Lepoglava area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Želimorski is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Tihomir Želimorski, Velimir Želimorski, Edita Želimorski, Mladen Želimorski, Ivan Želimorski, Vladimir Želimorski, Josip Želimorski, Radmila Želimorski, Štefica Želimorski, Biserka Želimorski, Suzana Želimorski, Dario Želimorski, Manuela Želimorski, Alojzije Želimorski, Katica Želimorski, Milan Želimorski, Željko Želimorski, Ana Želimorski, Boža Želimorski

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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