Surname Vitić in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Vitić live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Obrovac Sinjski (35), Zagreb (35), Sibenik (30), Sinj (25), and in Vuka in Djakovo area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Vitić (including: Wittich , Vitich , Wittick , Witick , Vitic , Vitick , Wittic , Vytich , Whitick and Vitych ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. "Vitick " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Witick " is used by some 200 people in Finland and small number in the United States. "Wittic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marija Vitić, Igor Vitić, Karmela Vitić, Josip Vitić, Tomislav Vitić, Branko Vitić, Ivan Vitić, Zlatko Vitić, Marinko Vitić, Jadranka Vitić, Divna Vitić, Melita Vitić, Ankica Vitić, Nikolina Vitić, Boško Vitić, Mario Vitić, Ana Vitić, Ivica Vitić, Šime Vitić

Mentions in sources

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

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