Surname Večerina in modern Croatia

Večerina families are often Croats and they are mostly from Rijeka. According to some sources they are from Bakar area (Susacka Draga), and rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Obrovac.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Večerina live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and threee other places, mostly in Rijeka (75), Zagreb (<10), Krasica (<5), Mali Dol (<5), and in Brncici (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Večerina (including: Vecerina , Vecherina ) is present in 15 countries worldwide. The family name "Vecerina " is used by some 100 people in Italy , small number in Switzerland , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Aris Večerina, Igor Večerina, Marijan Večerina, Darko Večerina, Damir Večerina, Branko Večerina, Arsen Večerina, Irena Večerina, Daniela Večerina, Debora Večerina, Dafinka Večerina, Dean Večerina, Majda Večerina, Marin Večerina, Slobodan Večerina, Inka Večerina, Mate Večerina, Ana Večerina, Vinkica Večerina

Mentions in sources

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

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