Surname Veštić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Veštić families are almost entirely Croats (from Drnis area ), barely Hungarians (from Sibenik ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis and in Drnis area. In Ružić in Drnis area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Veštić.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Veštić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 6 cities and two other places, mostly in Split (35), Sibenik (15), Ruzic in Drnis area (<10), Sedramic (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Veštić (including: Vestic , Vestich , Westich and Vestyck ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. The family name "Vestic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Vestich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Vestyck " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Veštić, Mate Veštić, Josip Veštić, Mario Veštić, Mile Veštić, Ivana Veštić, Petra Veštić, Romana Veštić, Matilda Veštić, Novka Veštić, Vesna Veštić, Marino Veštić, Goranka Veštić, Ante Veštić, Rada Veštić, Snježana Veštić, Katja Veštić, Ankica Veštić, Ana Veštić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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