Kelić

surname · Latin script

/kelitɕ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Kelić is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Croatia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • HRCroatia1 in 14K(measured from records)
  • BABosnia & Herzegovina≈1 in 43K
  • RSSerbia≈1 in 87K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Croatia (measured from records)

301 people, 2021

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
24 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 14K (inferred from the name graph)

Croatia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

KelićLatin(measured from records)
КелићCyrillic(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Kelic in US United States.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kelić counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kelić is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HR Croatia3011 in 14K301Kelić24
BA Bosnia & Herzegovina≈89 est.≈1 in 43K—Kelić3
RS Serbia≈81 est.≈1 in 87K—Kelić11
US United States≈8 est.≈1 in 39M—Kelic6
CH Switzerland61 in 1.4M6—2

301 people counted by DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form), 2021. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kelić is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Kélic, Kelic

  • English surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Australia, United States, Germany, Austria

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Kelic, Keliç

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Kelic

  • Spanish name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Kelic

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalPoštovani Kelić,Dear Kelić, (English)
InformalPoštovani Kelić,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Kelić
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)2021301#2,662
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)2021289—

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Kelić?
A machine transcription gives /kelitɕ/ (IPA) for Croatian.
In which country does Kelić have the most bearers?
In Croatia, the national register counted about 301 people named Kelić, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kelić.
Where is Kelić most common?
Kelić is densest in Croatia, where the national register counts about 1 in 14 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Kelić?
In Croatia, the national register counted 301 people named Kelić in 2021, about 1 in 14 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kelić”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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