Surname Viđen in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Viđen families are predominantly Croats (from Dubrovnik area ), rarely Bosniaks (from East Herzegovine ), and very rarely Slovaks (from Dubrovnik area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Viđen live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Dubrovnik (<5), and in Cavtat (<5), Soline (<5) and Cibaca (<5) in Dubrovnik area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Viđen (including: Vidjen , Vigen , Viden , Vidén , Videen , Viegen , Vigjen , Vyden , Vygen and Vidden ) is present in 49 countries worldwide. "Viden " is used by some 70 people in the United States. "Vigen " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 100 in Norway , and some 80 people in Armenia. "Videen " is used by some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Edib Viđen, Omer Viđen, Srebrenko Viđen, Anita Viđen, Jelena Viđen, Đuro Viđen, Jele Viđen, Nikša Viđen, Marina Viđen, Ivan Viđen, Aziada Viđen, Erika Viđen, Ana Viđen, Robert Viđen, Kadrija Viđen, Azer Viđen, Ivo Viđen, Emir Viđen, Nada Viđen

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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