Jelinić Surname

526,285th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 616 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Jelinić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jelinić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia5181:8,1631,368
Bosnia and Herzegovina831:42,6075,763
Slovenia131:191,36015,039
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Jelinic (104) & Jelinič (20) are calculated separately.

Jelinić Last Name Facts

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

Jelinić occurs in Croatia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Jelinic or Jelinič. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Jelinić? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 526,285th most commonly held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 11,830,432 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Jelinić reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Jelinić is most numerous in Croatia, where it is borne by 518 people, or 1 in 8,163. In Croatia it is primarily found in: Lika-Senj County, where 26 percent are found, Brod-Posavina County, where 15 percent are found and City of Zagreb, where 10 percent are found. Not including Croatia it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 13 percent are found and Slovenia, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Jelinic95104/
Jelinič9520/
Elinić921/
Jelenić861,906/
Celinić8669/
Selinić8611/
Jellinic801/
Elenić771/
Jellinich7516/
Jellinitz754/
Selenić71435/
Jelenic71412/
Zelenić7187/
Jelenič7187/
Elinich7170/
Jelinicova711/
Elinits711/
Jelenich6732/
Jelenics6728/
Gelinich6714/
Jelenici672/
Yelinich672/
Yelinitz671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Jelinić
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