Surname Vasiljević in modern Croatia

Vasiljević families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Slatina area , whereas often Croats (also from Slatina area ), very rarely Roms (from Sisak ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Sisak. In Pedalj in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Vasiljević.

Prevalence

About 640 people with faimily name Vasiljević live in Croatia today, in 310 households. There were 530 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 47 cities and 58 other places, mostly in Sisak (105), Zagreb (95), Rijeka (45), Pula (25), and in Slavonski Brod (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), the United States (3), Australia (2), Norway (2), the Netherlands (1), Austria (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Vasiljević (including: Vasilyevich , Vasiljevic , Vasilievich , Vasiljevich , Vasilievici , Vasilievic , Vasilyevic and Vassilievich ) is present in 47 countries worldwide. The family name "Vasiljevic " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Russian Federation. "Vasiljevich " is used by some 70 people in Ukraine and small number in the United States. "Vasilievich " is used by some 300 people in Russian Federation , about 200 in Ukraine , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vedran Vasiljević, Snježana Vasiljević, Vojo Vasiljević, Damjan Vasiljević, Tatjana Vasiljević, Danko Vasiljević, Svjetlana Vasiljević, Zoran Vasiljević, Vuk Vasiljević, Danica Vasiljević, Ljubodrag Vasiljević, Boban Vasiljević, Veljko Vasiljević, Olivera Vasiljević, Đorđe Vasiljević, Orjen Vasiljević, Uroš Vasiljević, Milenko Vasiljević, Božica Vasiljević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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