Surname Vlašić in modern Croatia

Vlašić families are Croats and they are mostly from north Herzegovina. According to some sources they originate from the Vlasic Mountain or from Istria. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in North Herzegovina (Jablanica area). In Sovići in North Herzegovina every ninth inhabitant had the family name Vlašić.

Prevalence

About 2400 people with faimily name Vlašić live in Croatia today, in 980 households. There were 2100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 69 cities and 233 other places, mostly in Zagreb (570), Strmec in Samobor area (125), Vela Luka on the Island of Korcula (105), Dubrovnik (85), and in Karlovac (70).

Outside Croatia

At least 52 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (14), Germany (13), Canada (7), Australia (5), Austria (3), New Zealand (3), Switzerland (3), Sweden (2), South Africa (1), and to France (1).
Family name Vlašić (including: Vlasic , Vlasich , Vlasici , Vlasics , Vlassich , Vlassick , Vlasick , Wlasic , Vlascici and Vlassic ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Vlasic " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 500 in Germany , and some 500 people in Czech Republic. "Vlasich " is used by some 200 people in Mexico , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Argentina. "Vlassich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Vlašić, Hrvoje Vlašić, Sanjica Vlašić, Anđelko Vlašić, Martina Vlašić, Željko Vlašić, Ivona Vlašić, Ivana Vlašić, Jadranka Vlašić, Goran Vlašić, Alena Vlašić, Ante Vlašić, Marko Vlašić, Radovan Vlašić, Joško Vlašić, Vlatko Vlašić, Dražen Vlašić, Damir Vlašić, Dubravka Vlašić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over sixty times, the first time 1606 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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