Surname Vasiljev in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Vasiljev families are mainly Croats (from Prelog area ), less frequently Serbs, and very rarely Russians (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vukovar and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Vasiljev live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Vera in Vukovar area (15), Zagreb (10), Rijeka (<10), Trpinja in Vukovar area (<5), and in Kozarac in Beli Manastir area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vasiljev (including: Vasilyev , Vasiliev , Vassiliev , Vassiljev , Vassilyev , Vasiliew , Vasyljev , Vasilyevv and Vasielyev ) is present in 68 countries worldwide. "Vassiliev " is used by some 2000 people in Russian Federation , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in France. "Vassiljev " is used by some 500 people in Estonia , about 60 in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States. "Wasiliew " is used by small number of people in Ukraine , small number in Chile , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Aleksandar Vasiljev, Radomir Vasiljev, Siniša Vasiljev, Živojin Vasiljev, Mirjana Vasiljev, Aljoša Vasiljev, Vlado Vasiljev, Ivica Vasiljev, Nevenka Vasiljev, Branislav Vasiljev, Antun Vasiljev, Ljubica Vasiljev, Saša Vasiljev, Toni Vasiljev, Ana Vasiljev, Davorka Vasiljev, Ljupka Vasiljev, Žarko Vasiljev, Antonja Vasiljev

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1933 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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