Surname Vignjević in modern Croatia

Vignjević families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Ogulin , whereas often Croats (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ogulin and Zagreb. In Ponikve in Ogulin every fifth inhabitant had the family name Vignjević.

Prevalence

About 340 people with faimily name Vignjević live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 490 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 41 other places, mostly in Rijeka (60), Zagreb (55), Karlovac (25), Ogulin (15), and in Donji Lapac in Obrovac area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Australia (2), the United Kingdom (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Vignjević (including: Vignjevic , Vignievic ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Vignjevic " is used by some 80 people in Tanzania , about 70 in Germany , and some 60 people in the United States. "Vignievic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Irena Vignjević, Branko Vignjević, Dubravka Vignjević, Svjetlana Vignjević, Katarina Vignjević, Petar Vignjević, Milan Vignjević, Nataša Vignjević, Dean Vignjević, Momčilo Vignjević, Suzana Vignjević, Dobrila Vignjević, Dejan Vignjević, Dušan Vignjević, Miljenko Vignjević, Josip Vignjević, Željka Vignjević, Nikola Vignjević, Slađana Vignjević

Mentions in sources

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

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