Surname Večenaj in modern Croatia

Večenaj families are Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac area and in Koprivnica.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Večenaj live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Koprivnica (35), Gola in Djurdjevac area (30), Zagreb (15), Novigrad Podravski in Djurdjevac area (<10), and in Klostar Vojakovacki (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Večenaj is present in two countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Večenaj, Josip Večenaj, Željko Večenaj, Krešimir Večenaj, Marija Večenaj, Ivan Večenaj, Dejan Večenaj, Sanja Večenaj, Hrvoje Večenaj, Miroslav Večenaj, Daniel Večenaj, Stjepan Večenaj, Krunoslav Večenaj, Eduard Večenaj, Božica Večenaj, Nebojša Večenaj, Marijana Večenaj, Irena Večenaj, Marina Večenaj

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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