Surname Vladić in modern Croatia

Vladić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Rama (north Herzegovina) (Bosnia), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rama, Bosnia (Prozor area) and in Herzegovina (Mostar area). In places Kućani , Meopotočje and Gračac in Rama (Bosnia) every third inhabitant had the family name Vladić.

Prevalence

About 610 people with faimily name Vladić live in Croatia today, in 260 households. There were 520 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 46 cities and 71 other places, mostly in Zagreb (125), Sesvete (45), Djakovo (40), Rovisce in Bjelovar area (25), and in Tucepi in Makarska area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Norway (1), Germany (1), Austria (1), France (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Vladić (including: Vladic , Vladich , Vladych , Vladichak , Vladichuk , Vladick , Vladichko , Wladich , Vladichin and Vladichek ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Vladic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Austria. "Vladick " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Wladich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mato Vladić, Damir Vladić, Mijo Vladić, Angela Vladić, Ivan Vladić, Anton Vladić, Andrija Vladić, Vinko Vladić, Ružica Vladić, Filip Vladić, Belinda Vladić, Zoran Vladić, Marinko Vladić, Vlado Vladić, Tomislav Vladić, Josip Vladić, Daniel Vladić, Mihajlo Vladić, Vesna Vladić

Mentions in sources

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

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