Surname Vlakić in modern Croatia

Vlakić families are Croats and they are mostly from Zadar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and on the Island of Ugljan.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Vlakić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zadar (60), Sutomiscica on the Island of Ugljan (15), Podstrana in Solin area (<5), Opatija (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Australia (1).
Family name Vlakić (including: Vlakic , Vlacich and Vlacic ) is present in 19 countries on four continents. The family name "Vlakic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Australia. "Vlacic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Germany. "Vlacich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Afghanistan , and small number of people in France.

Characteristic first names

Jakov Vlakić, Saša Vlakić, Ivica Vlakić, Doris Vlakić, Irena Vlakić, Robert Vlakić, Marin Vlakić, Marina Vlakić, Boris Vlakić, Dino Vlakić, Lucija Vlakić, Mirna Vlakić, Sandro Vlakić, Dragica Vlakić, Đani Vlakić, Sanja Vlakić, Joško Vlakić, Meri Vlakić, Neven Vlakić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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