Surname Vitali in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Vitali families are Croats (from the Island of Hvar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Split.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Vitali live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and four other places, mostly in Sucuraj on the Island of Hvar (15), Sveti Filip i Jakov in Biograd na moru area (10), Split (<10), and in Stari Grad (<10) and Vrbanj (<10) on the Island of Hvar.

Outside Croatia

Family name Vitali (including: Vitaly , Vitalli , Vitalie , Vitalii , Vittali , Vitally , Vithali and Witali ) is present in 76 countries worldwide. "Vitalli " is used by some 700 people in Brazil , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Argentina. "Vitalie " is used by some 4000 people in Moldova , about 300 in Romania , and some 200 people in the United States. "Vitally " is used by small number of people in Brazil , small number in the United States , and small number of people in France.

Characteristic first names

Dubravka Vitali, Stjepan Vitali, Ivan Vitali, Joško Vitali, Marko Vitali, Andrija Vitali, Jasminka Vitali, Antonio Vitali, Carlo Vitali, Velimir Vitali, Ivica Vitali, Paula Vitali, Diana Vitali, Bepi Vitali, Alica Vitali, Matteo Vitali, Stefano Vitali, Vanes Vitali, Bernardino Vitali

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1606 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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