Surname Željko in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Željko families are Croats (from Ozalj ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Željko live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Karlovac (<10), Ozalj (<5), Zagreb (<5), Sesvete (<5), and in Dramalj (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Željko (including: Zeljko , Zelico , Zeliko and Zheliko ) is present in 18 countries on three continents. "Zeliko " is used by few people in the United States. "Zelico " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Žarko Željko, Davor Željko, Marijana Željko, Matjaž Željko, Danijela Željko, Mladen Željko, Antun Željko, Ljiljana Željko, Daniela Željko, Marija Željko, Jelena Željko, Ana Željko, Jelka Željko, Josip Željko, Drina Željko, Pascal Željko, Darija Željko, Luka Željko, Nino Željko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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