Surname Vantačić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Vantačić families are Croats (from the Island of Krk ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and on the Island of Krk. In Barušići on the Island of Krk every fourth inhabitant had the family name Vantačić.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Vantačić live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Vantacici (<10) and Barusici (<5) on the Island of Krk, Split (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Vantačić (including: Vantacic , Vantacich ) is present in three countries on two continents. The family name "Vantacic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Vantacich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomica Vantačić, Juraj Vantačić, Ivan Vantačić, Margarita Vantačić, Petar Vantačić, Anđelko Vantačić, Marica Vantačić, Paula Vantačić, Andrija Vantačić, Anton Vantačić, Anica Vantačić, Ante Vantačić, Tonica Vantačić, Ana Vantačić, Milena Vantačić, Albert Vantačić, Giorgio Vantačić, Jele Vantačić, Jelena Vantačić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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