Surname Viljac in modern Croatia

Viljac families are Croats and they are mostly from Trogir area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Trogir area and in Trogir.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Viljac live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 90 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Trogir (55), Zagreb (15), Ljubitovica in Trogir area (15), Sibenik (15), and in Prgomet in Trogir area (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Viljac is present in 7 countries on three continents. The family name "Viljac " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in the Netherlands.

Characteristic first names

Antun Viljac, Ante Viljac, Ivana Viljac, Antonio Viljac, Mara Viljac, Marijana Viljac, Davor Viljac, Dušan Viljac, Nada Viljac, Josip Viljac, Jozo Viljac, Slavko Viljac, Snježana Viljac, Radojka Viljac, Ivica Viljac, Marija Viljac, Ankica Viljac, Mario Viljac, Marijan Viljac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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