Surname Vida in modern Croatia

Vida families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Slatina area. According to some sources they are from Pécs area (Hungary), very rarely Hungarians, and Slovaks (Nasice). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nasice and Zagreb. In Staro Petrovo Polje in Slatina area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Vida.

Prevalence

About 410 people with faimily name Vida live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 33 cities and 57 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Osijek (25), Slatina (25), Staro Petrovo Polje in Slatina area (20), and in Markovac Nasicki (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vida (including: Wida , Vidha , Vyda , Vidah , Vieda , Vydha , Vierda , Vhida and Vidda ) is present in 103 countries worldwide. "Vieda " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Vidda " is used by few people in the United States. "Wida " is used by some 4000 people in Indonesia , about 200 in the United States , and some 90 people in the Philippines.

Characteristic first names

Željko Vida, Ištvan Vida, Zvonko Vida, Ladislav Vida, Pavao Vida, Milka Vida, Oriana Vida, Josip Vida, Spomenko Vida, Tihomir Vida, Lidija Vida, Matija Vida, Davor Vida, Slađana Vida, Ivan Vida, Luciano Vida, Mario Vida, Siniša Vida, Slaven Vida

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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