Surname Viščević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Viščević families are Croats (from Cazma area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Bjelovar.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Viščević live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Rijeka (<10), Bjelovar (<10), Gornji Draganec (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Kastav (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Viščević is present in two countries on two continents. The family name "Viscevic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tihana Viščević, Tomislav Viščević, Zoran Viščević, Ana Viščević, Milan Viščević, Zdravko Viščević, Mario Viščević, Ivica Viščević, Nedeljko Viščević, Martina Viščević, Zlatko Viščević, Franjo Viščević, Andrija Viščević, Ivan Viščević, Jasna Viščević, Nadja Viščević, Siniša Viščević, Lucija Viščević, Stjepan Viščević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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