Surname Vačić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Vačić families are Croats (from Pleternica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pleternica area and in Slavonski Brod.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Vačić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, four cities and 9 other places, mostly in Stupnicki Kuti in Pleternica area (25), Slobodnica in Slavonski Brod area (<10), Kaniza in Pleternica area (<5), Sibinj in Slavonski Brod area (<5), and in Miklavec in Mursko Sredisce area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vačić (including: Vacas , Vacic , Vahcic , Vaccas , Vacich and Vacassy ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. The family name "Vacic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Poland , and small number of people in Australia. "Vacich " is used by few people in the United States. "Vahcic " is used by some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Antun Vačić, Marija Vačić, Zlatko Vačić, Željko Vačić, Marijan Vačić, Ivona Vačić, Tatjana Vačić, Ivan Vačić, Karolina Vačić, Zdravko Vačić, Anita Vačić, Tomislav Vačić, Andrijana Vačić, Dubravka Vačić, Slavko Vačić, Ivica Vačić, Pero Vačić, Alen Vačić, Marina Vačić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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