Surname Vezilić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Vezilić families are almost entirely Croats (from Dubrovnik area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Vezilić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Cilipi in Dubrovnik area (25), Zagreb (<10), Cavtat in Dubrovnik area (<10), Dubrovnik (<5), and in Rab on the Island of Rab (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vezilić (including: Vezilic , Vezilich and Vezelici ) is present in 6 countries on four continents. The family name "Vezilic " is used by some 70 people in Angola and small number in the United States. "Vezilich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jadranka Vezilić, Lucija Vezilić, Mato Vezilić, Stijepo Vezilić, Marinko Vezilić, Ivana Vezilić, Marija Vezilić, Ana Vezilić, Miho Vezilić, Antun Vezilić, Berislav Vezilić, Niko Vezilić, Ante Vezilić, Šimun Vezilić, Jasenka Vezilić, Nikša Vezilić, Mira Vezilić, Mate Vezilić, Ivo Vezilić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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