Surname Večaj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Večaj families are Croats (from Sveti Ivan Zelina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Sveti Ivan Zelina.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Večaj live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties, four cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Gornja Drenova (<10), Donja Drenova (<10), Moravce (<5), and in Graberje Ivanicko (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Večaj (including: Vecsei , Vecaj , Vecay and Vechai ) is present in 20 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Davor Večaj, Darko Večaj, Gordana Večaj, Željko Večaj, Jolanda Večaj, Vladimir Večaj, Snježana Večaj, Petar Večaj, Ankica Večaj, Natalija Večaj, Stjepan Večaj, Ivan Večaj, Silvija Večaj, Sanjica Večaj, Nenad Večaj, Vjekoslava Večaj, Zlata Večaj, Verica Večaj, Marica Večaj

Mentions in sources

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

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