The Ilic surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 858 people carried this name — #27,950 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 344,800 people counted. That is up 33% from 644 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Ilic surname
From Serbo-Croatian Ilić.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ilic» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,770 people named Ilic live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 201 people named Ilic.
Most of them — 172 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 53 people named Ilic live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Córdoba.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 35 people named Ilic live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
23 people named Ilic have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 125 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 5 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
718 people named Ilic is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Ilic in American newspapers,
1840–1918.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 134,016 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Ilic,
with a public archive behind them.
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Mihailo Ilic 2002– · handball player -
Alexander Ilic 1981– · computer scientist
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Stefan Ilic 1991– · association football player
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Milijan Ilic 1993– · association football player
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Martina Ilic 1996– · association football player
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Dusan Ilic 2008– · basketball player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 14 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Ilic.
- Iglesias 10,546 · U.S. census
- Ignace 193 · U.S. census
- Ignaczak 135 · U.S. census
- Ignasiak 462 · U.S. census
- Ihler 197 · U.S. census
- Ilardo 183 · U.S. census
- Ille 289 · U.S. census
- Illes 470 · U.S. census
- Illi 113 · U.S. census
- Illiano 390 · U.S. census
- Illig 969 · U.S. census
- Illy 114 · U.S. census
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