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Surname Vještica in modern Croatia
Vještica families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Knin area , whereas often Croats (also from Knin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Zagreb. In places Pribudić and Rastičevo in Knin area every third inhabitant had the family name Vještica.
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Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Vještica live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 270 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Rijeka (10), Zagreb (10), Knin (10), Split (<10), and in Pula (<10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Vještica is present in two countries on two continents. The family name "Vjestica " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Milivoj Vještica,
Nevenka Vještica,
Branko Vještica,
Predrag Vještica,
Krešimir Vještica,
Tihomir Vještica,
Sanja Vještica,
Gligorije Vještica,
Marko Vještica,
Danica Vještica,
Tatjana Vještica,
Borko Vještica,
Aleksandar Vještica,
Ojdana Vještica,
Nena Vještica,
Sandra Vještica,
Ljiljana Vještica,
Leopold Vještica,
Ivka Vještica
