Surname Volić in modern Croatia

Volić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Travnik area) and in Zagreb. In places Krpeljići and Maline in Middle Bosnia every fifth inhabitant had the family name Volić.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Volić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than tripled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Split (10), Radonja in Duga Resa area (<10), Ilok (<10), and in Bobota in Vukovar area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Volić (including: Vollick , Volich , Wollick , Volic , Wolick , Volick , Woolich , Volych , Voolich and Wollich ) is present in 19 countries on four continents. "Volick " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Vollick " is used by some 400 people in Canada and about 200 in the United States. "Voolich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Santa Volić, Božo Volić, Perica Volić, Tamara Volić, Gordana Volić, Ivana Volić, Tihomir Volić, Ivan Volić, Blaženko Volić, Vedran Volić, Dijana Volić, Safet Volić, Josip Volić, Alen Volić, Marko Volić, Antonija Volić, Marijana Volić, Ladislav Volić, Nihad Volić

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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