Surname Vincelj in modern Croatia

Vincelj families are Croats and they are mostly from Krapina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krapina and in Krapina area. In places Ravninsko and Prigorje in Krapina area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Vincelj.

Prevalence

About 400 people with faimily name Vincelj live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 260 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 34 other places, mostly in Ravninsko in Krapina area (85), Zagreb (45), Djurmanec in Krapina area (45), Polje Krapinsko (40), and in Krapina (40).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vincelj (including: Vincelli , Vincely and Vinceli ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. "Vinceli " is used by few people in the United States. "Vincelli " is used by some 500 people in Italy , about 500 in the United States , and some 400 people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Josip Vincelj, Ivan Vincelj, Željko Vincelj, Danijel Vincelj, Damir Vincelj, Miroslav Vincelj, Mladen Vincelj, Renata Vincelj, Davorin Vincelj, Goran Vincelj, Mirko Vincelj, Nevenka Vincelj, Anita Vincelj, Sanja Vincelj, Liljana Vincelj, Branko Vincelj, Gordana Vincelj, Vladimir Vincelj, Tomica Vincelj

Mentions in sources

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

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