Surname Vitez in modern Croatia

Vitez families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. According to some sources they are from Hungary, rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zagreb. In Seketin in Varazdin area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Vitez.

Prevalence

About 670 people with faimily name Vitez live in Croatia today, in 280 households. There were 650 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 67 other places, mostly in Varazdin (75), Zagreb (75), Turcin in Varazdin area (55), Djakovo (25), and in Velika Gorica (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vitez (including: Vitéz , Vietez and Vítez ) is present in 26 countries on four continents. The family name "Vitez " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 50 in France , and some 50 people in Canada. "Vietez " is used by few people in the United States. "Vitéz " is used by some 1000 people in Hungary , about 500 in the United States , and some 200 people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Vitez, Damir Vitez, Zorica Vitez, Ljubimka Vitez, Mirjana Vitez, Stjepan Vitez, Latica Vitez, Vjeran Vitez, Ivan Vitez, Marijeta Vitez, Saša Vitez, Duško Vitez, Josip Vitez, Darko Vitez, Vesna Vitez, Tomislav Vitez, Mario Vitez, Robert Vitez, Denis Vitez

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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