Surname Vičević in modern Croatia

Vičević families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Pag. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Bakar. In Mrzla Vodica in Delnice area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Vičević.

Prevalence

About 260 people with faimily name Vičević live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 250 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Rijeka (60), Skrljevo (40), Zagreb (25), Povljana on the Island of Pag (15), and in Buzdohanj in Rijeka area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), the United States (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Vičević (including: Vicevic , Vicevich , Wicevic and Wicevich ) is present in 12 countries on three continents. The family name "Vicevic " is used by small number of people in Canada , small number in El Salvador , and small number of people in the United States. "Vicevich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Wicevic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Celestina Vičević, Đuro Vičević, Davor Vičević, Josip Vičević, Borivoje Vičević, Vanda Vičević, Branko Vičević, Leonila Vičević, Sanjin Vičević, Dalibor Vičević, Alma Vičević, Elza Vičević, Egidija Vičević, Ratko Vičević, Greta Vičević, Ervin Vičević, Zdravko Vičević, Iva Vičević, Nina Vičević

Mentions in sources

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

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