Surname Vaš in modern Croatia

Vaš families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Vukovar , also Hungarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Vukovar.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Vaš live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Slavonski Brod (10), Zagreb (<10), Novigrad (<10), Predavac in Bjelovar area (<10), and in Kopacevo in Osijek area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vaš (including: Vas , Vass , Vash , Vasse , Vasha , Vaas , Vassh , Vahs , Vasth and Vasch ) is present in 153 countries worldwide. "Vash " is used by some 500 people in Russian Federation , about 400 in Ukraine , and some 300 people in the United States. "Vasch " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Vass " is used by some 10000 people in Hungary , about 5000 in the United States , and some 3000 people in Romania.

Characteristic first names

Hrvoje Vaš, Tomislav Vaš, Vlatko Vaš, Goran Vaš, Tibor Vaš, Josip Vaš, Vilko Vaš, Eleonora Vaš, Mirella Vaš, Stjepan Vaš, Sanja Vaš, Maja Vaš, Marija Vaš, Zoltan Vaš, Darinka Vaš, Gabor Vaš, Ilonka Vaš, Melinda Vaš, Verica Vaš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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