Surname Vasić in modern Croatia

Vasić families can be both Serbs and Croats (also from Bosnian Krajina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Bosnian Krajina (Kotor Varos area). In places Liplje and Donji Vijačani in Bosnian Krajina every seventh inhabitant had the family name Vasić.

Prevalence

About 470 people with faimily name Vasić live in Croatia today, in 230 households. There were 250 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 90 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 45 cities and 59 other places, mostly in Zagreb (75), Rijeka (50), Pula (45), Zapresic (15), and in Pozega (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vasić (including: Vasich , Vasic , Wasiche , Washick , Wasick , Wassick , Vasick , Washic and Vassic ) is present in 49 countries worldwide. The family name "Vasic " is used by some 600 people in Germany , about 300 in Austria , and some 200 people in the United States. "Vasich " is used by some 200 people in Ukraine , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Russian Federation. "Vassic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marija Vasić, Jagoda Vasić, Zora Vasić, Tomislav Vasić, Dunja Vasić, Mira Vasić, Miroslav Vasić, Dragan Vasić, Gordana Vasić, Đorđe Vasić, Sandra Vasić, Biljana Vasić, Natalija Vasić, Milena Vasić, Zoran Vasić, Vesna Vasić, Predrag Vasić, Aleksandar Vasić, Nenad Vasić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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