Surname Vidnjević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Vidnjević families are mainly Croats (from Porec ), equally Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Glina. In Gornja Trebinja in Karlovac every sixth inhabitant had the family name Vidnjević.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Vidnjević live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 6 other places, mostly in Gornja Trebinja (15), Karlovac (15), Porec (<10), Donja Reka (<5), and in Ogulin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vidnjević is present in 6 countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Aleksandar Vidnjević, Marin Vidnjević, Sonja Vidnjević, Predrag Vidnjević, Josip Vidnjević, Marko Vidnjević, Elita Vidnjević, Davorka Vidnjević, Gordana Vidnjević, Marija Vidnjević, Mile Vidnjević, Ranko Vidnjević, Jana Vidnjević, Jovica Vidnjević, Gojko Vidnjević, Jelena Vidnjević, Đorđe Vidnjević, Marta Vidnjević, Milica Vidnjević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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