Surname Vesel in modern Croatia

Vesel families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Cabar , rarely Slovenes (from Semberia, Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cabar and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Vesel live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Prezid (15), Slatina (10), Pula (<10), and in Goraci (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vesel (including: Wessel , Vessel , Wesel , Wessell , Vessell , Wesell , Vesell , Veselli and Vesselli ) is present in 71 countries worldwide. The family name "Vesel " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 200 in Romania , and some 200 people in Czech Republic. "Vessel " is used by some 900 people in the United States , about 200 in Germany , and some 80 people in South Africa. "Vesell " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Leonard Vesel, Milan Vesel, Edo Vesel, Franjo Vesel, Ivan Vesel, Marjan Vesel, Helena Vesel, Slaviša Vesel, Slavko Vesel, Rudolf Vesel, Dario Vesel, Željka Vesel, Dražen Vesel, Gordana Vesel, Robert Vesel, Marija Vesel, Branko Vesel, Valentina Vesel, Tin Vesel

Mentions in sources

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

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