Surname Valčić in modern Croatia

Valčić families are Croats and they are mostly from Zadar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Zagreb. In Ošljak on the Island of Ugljan nearly every inhabitant had the family name Valčić.

Prevalence

About 400 people with faimily name Valčić live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 410 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Zadar (150), Zagreb (55), Osljak on the Island of Ugljan (40), Rijeka (25), and in Tisovac in Nova Gradiska area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 26 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (10), Australia (7), Austria (4), Canada (1), France (1), Sweden (1), Germany (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Valčić (including: Valcic , Valcich and Valcas ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Valcic " is used by some 200 people in Argentina , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Australia. "Valcich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 60 in Brazil , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Rene Valčić, Marija Valčić, Raoul Valčić, Gordana Valčić, Vedrana Valčić, Ivo Valčić, Davor Valčić, Željko Valčić, Branka Valčić, Ivan Valčić, Eduard Valčić, Nenad Valčić, Dragan Valčić, Višnja Valčić, Rosi Valčić, Igor Valčić, Alen Valčić, Daniela Valčić, Damir Valčić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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