Surname Vitaljić in modern Croatia

Vitaljić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Vis. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and on the Island of Vis. In Komiža on the Island of Vis every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Vitaljić.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Vitaljić live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and four other places, mostly in Split (50), Komiza on the Island of Vis (45), Zagreb (15), Zadar (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (2), Canada (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Vitaljić (including: Vitaljic , Vitaljich ) is present in 10 countries on four continents. The family name "Vitaljic " is used by small number of people in Chile , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nenad Vitaljić, Sandra Vitaljić, Mate Vitaljić, Jolanda Vitaljić, Tomislav Vitaljić, Toni Vitaljić, Jakša Vitaljić, Lori Vitaljić, Željko Vitaljić, Lidija Vitaljić, Tonko Vitaljić, Stjepan Vitaljić, Tonči Vitaljić, Miroslav Vitaljić, Tina Vitaljić, Katica Vitaljić, Nadia Vitaljić, Andrija Vitaljić, Slađana Vitaljić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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