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Surname Vatavuk in modern Croatia
Vatavuk families are Croats and they are mostly from Drnis. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis and Split. In Širitovci in Drnis every seventh inhabitant had the family name Vatavuk.
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Prevalence
About 190 people with faimily name Vatavuk live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Split (80), Zagreb (20), Drinovci (20), Sibenik (15), and in Siritovci (<10).
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Outside Croatia
At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (3) and Australia (2).
Family name Vatavuk is present in 8 countries on four continents. The family name "Vatavuk " is used by some 50 people in the United States , small number in Brazil , and small number of people in Australia.
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Characteristic first names
Zoran Vatavuk,
Šime Vatavuk,
Gordan Vatavuk,
Suzi Vatavuk,
Iris Vatavuk,
Mirjana Vatavuk,
Gordana Vatavuk,
Alma Vatavuk,
Neven Vatavuk,
Antonio Vatavuk,
Božo Vatavuk,
Miranda Vatavuk,
Ivana Vatavuk,
Anita Vatavuk,
Nada Vatavuk,
Jerko Vatavuk,
Zvonimir Vatavuk,
Dora Vatavuk,
Snježana Vatavuk
