Surname Vidić in modern Croatia

Vidić families are often Croats and they are mostly from Sinj and according to some sources from Blizanaca (Bosnia), less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanska Gradiska area). In Bešinci in Pozega area every third inhabitant had the family name Vidić.

Prevalence

About 1400 people with faimily name Vidić live in Croatia today, in 570 households. There were 900 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 66 cities and 147 other places, mostly in Zagreb (220), Split (45), Lucane (45), Zadar (40), and in Sinj (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 23 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (12), Switzerland (2), Argentina (2), the United Kingdom (1), Sweden (1), Belgium (1), Norway (1), the United States (1), Australia (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Vidić (including: Vidic , Vidich , Widick , Wydick , Vidick , Widdick , Widich , Widic and Vydick ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. The family name "Vidic " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 300 in Indonesia , and some 200 people in Germany. "Vidich " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Italy. "Vidick " is used by some 100 people in Belgium , about 70 in Japan , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Kristina Vidić, Zorana Vidić, Hrvoje Vidić, Igor Vidić, Vlado Vidić, Boris Vidić, Vedran Vidić, Ivan Vidić, Marko Vidić, Davor Vidić, Stanko Vidić, Ana Vidić, Oliver Vidić, Krunoslav Vidić, Tomislava Vidić, Zlatko Vidić, Valentin Vidić, Branimir Vidić, Siniša Vidić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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