Surname Vlajsavljević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Vlajsavljević families are predominantly Serbs, rarely Croats (from the Island of Cres ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ilok area and in Nova Gradiska.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Vlajsavljević live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, four cities and 11 other places, mostly in Cres on the Island of Cres (<10), Borova in Virovitica area (<5), Trnava in Nova Gradiska area (<5), Rudopolje in Otocac area (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vlajsavljević (including: Vlajsavljevic , Vlajsavljevich ) is present in five countries on three continents. The family name "Vlajsavljevic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dušanka Vlajsavljević, Darko Vlajsavljević, Petar Vlajsavljević, Milan Vlajsavljević, Milka Vlajsavljević, Bogdanka Vlajsavljević, Milvija Vlajsavljević, Aleksandar Vlajsavljević, Julika Vlajsavljević, Ljubica Vlajsavljević, Draginja Vlajsavljević, Miloš Vlajsavljević, Marija Vlajsavljević, Stevan Vlajsavljević, Živko Vlajsavljević, Djuro Vlajsavljević, Gedeon Vlajsavljević, Nada Vlajsavljević, Mihajlo Vlajsavljević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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