Surname Vejić in modern Croatia

Vejić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Bugojno area) and in Slatina. In Podripci in Middle Bosnia every fourth inhabitant had the family name Vejić.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Vejić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Belisce (15), Slatina (15), Ploce (10), Zagreb (10), and in Split (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vejić (including: Vejic , Veiich and Veyich ) is present in 7 countries on three continents. "Veiich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Pero Vejić, Ante Vejić, Marko Vejić, Snježana Vejić, Krešimir Vejić, Ivica Vejić, Tihana Vejić, Anđela Vejić, Emilio Vejić, Stjepan Vejić, Valentin Vejić, Stevo Vejić, Višnjica Vejić, Zdravko Vejić, Hrvoje Vejić, Milan Vejić, Zoran Vejić, Jure Vejić, Berislav Vejić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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