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Surname Vlaše in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Vlaše families are almost entirely Croats (from Opatija area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Rijeka ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Opatija area. In Studena in Opatija area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Vlaše.
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Prevalence
About 70 people with faimily name Vlaše live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 90 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties, two cities and 8 other places, mostly in Studena in Opatija area (35), Rijeka (20), and in Viskovo (<10), Sarsoni (<10) and Drazice (<5) in Rijeka area.
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Outside Croatia
Family name Vlaše (including: Vlase , Vlassie , Vlasse , Vlaschev and Vlasche ) is present in 15 countries on three continents. The family name "Vlase " is used by some 4000 people in Romania , about 100 in Spain , and small number of people in the United States. "Vlasche " is used by few people in the United States. "Vlasse " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Ivana Vlaše,
Sanja Vlaše,
Goran Vlaše,
Ljiljana Vlaše,
Mirjana Vlaše,
Dinko Vlaše,
Aleksandar Vlaše,
Ivona Vlaše,
Dijana Vlaše,
Maja Vlaše,
Nada Vlaše,
Zoran Vlaše,
Arsen Vlaše,
Dolores Vlaše,
Ivica Vlaše,
Svetislav Vlaše,
Iva Vlaše,
Danijela Vlaše,
Miroslav Vlaše