Surname Vladimir in modern Croatia

Vladimir families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrgorac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Metkovic and in Vrgorac area. In Pozla Gora in Vrgorac area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Vladimir.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Vladimir live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Metkovic (105), Komin (20), Pozla Gora in Vrgorac area (15), Zagreb (10), and in Ploce (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Australia (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Vladimir (including: Wladimir , Vladymyr , Vladimyr and Vladymir ) is present in 87 countries worldwide. "Vladymir " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Vladimir, Vida Vladimir, Pero Vladimir, Ivica Vladimir, Stanko Vladimir, Alen Vladimir, Jerolim Vladimir, Mirko Vladimir, Robert Vladimir, Vilma Vladimir, Dario Vladimir, Dragan Vladimir, Renato Vladimir, Katja Vladimir, Đuro Vladimir, Kristina Vladimir, Ivona Vladimir, Damir Vladimir, Veljko Vladimir

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1935 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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