Surname Veselin in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Veselin families are almost entirely Croats (from Gospic area ), barely Russians (from Rijeka area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Gospic area and in Gospic.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Veselin live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Donji Kosinj in Gospic area (20), Radovanci in Pozega area (15), Zagreb (10), Rijeka (<10), and in Pozega (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Veselin (including: Weselin , Vesselin ) is present in 17 countries on four continents. "Weselin " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vesna Veselin, Đurđica Veselin, Dubravka Veselin, Snježana Veselin, Mirjana Veselin, Marko Veselin, Nikola Veselin, Milan Veselin, Marija Veselin, Tatjana Veselin, Blaženka Veselin, Divna Veselin, Ivan Veselin, Sanja Veselin, Antun Veselin, Stanislav Veselin, Željko Veselin, Josip Veselin, Vlado Veselin

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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