Surname Vajić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Vajić families are predominantly Croats (from Trogir area ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Trogir area and in Split. In Mitlo in Trogir area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Vajić.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Vajić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Split (20), Zagreb (15), Trogir (<10), Brsadin in Vukovar area (<10), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vajić (including: Vajic , Wajick ) is present in 7 countries on two continents. "Wajick " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Vajić, Nina Vajić, Dunja Vajić, Hrvoje Vajić, Dragica Vajić, Emica Vajić, Dražen Vajić, Vlajko Vajić, Tomislav Vajić, Zoran Vajić, Božidar Vajić, Ernest Vajić, Milan Vajić, Bože Vajić, Jere Vajić, Siniša Vajić, Jokica Vajić, Milica Vajić, Zdravko Vajić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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