Surname Vila in modern Croatia

Vila families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia , also Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Middle Bosnia (Busovaca area).

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Vila live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 0 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Osijek (30), Zagreb (20), Kupljensko in Duga Resa area (15), Vladislavci in Djakovo area (10), and in Split (10).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), Austria (2), the United States (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Vila (including: Villa , Vilaa , Viela , Villaa , Viella , Viilla , Villia , Villah and Vilha ) is present in 173 countries worldwide. "Villia " is used by some 60 people in Indonesia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in the Philippines. "Vela " is used by some 60000 people in Mexico , about 40000 in Peru , and some 30000 people in the United States. "Vilá " is used by some 200 people in Argentina , about 90 in Spain , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vera Vila, Mijo Vila, Zvonimir Vila, Mato Vila, Krešimir Vila, Šefik Vila, Marica Vila, Radovan Vila, Marina Vila, Rade Vila, Ljiljanka Vila, Darko Vila, Mara Vila, Milan Vila, Marija Vila, Saša Vila, Dražen Vila, Gabriel Vila, Neda Vila

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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