Jelicić Surname

2,460,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 61 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Jelicić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jelicić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia321:132,14418,905
Serbia161:446,55918,714
Bosnia and Herzegovina71:505,20013,972
Slovenia41:621,91923,710
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Montenegro11:639,5659,092

The alternate forms: Jeličić (3,369), Jelicic (382), Jelićić (3) & Jeličič (33) are calculated separately.

Jelicić Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jelicić Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Jelicić is carried by more people in Croatia than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Jeličić, Jelicic, Jelićić or Jeličič. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Jelicić? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,460,878th most widely held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. Jelicić occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Jelicić reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in Croatia, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 132,144. In Croatia Jelicić is primarily concentrated in: City of Zagreb, where 50 percent are found, Split-Dalmatia County, where 25 percent are found and Zadar County, where 9 percent are found. Besides Croatia Jelicić exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Serbia, where 26 percent are found and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jeličić953,369/
Jelicic95382/
Jelićić953/
Jeličič9033/
Jelisić86381/
Jelikić86266/
Jelišić864/
Jelicich80225/
Jelušić711,366/
Jelesić71260/
Celižić7162/
Jelusić7157/
Celizić7129/
Jelisic7125/
Jelesic7124/
Jelikic7116/
Yelicic7112/
Jelizic711/
Jelecic711/
Jelišic711/
Yelicich67100/
Eliceits6721/
Gelicich676/
Elichich676/
Ielicich672/
Jelecich672/
Jelisitz671/
Jelesics671/
Jeleceic671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Jelicić
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