Surname Vrca in modern Croatia

Vrca families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and Split.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Vrca live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Bajagic (45), Sinj (40), Split (35), Zagreb (20), and in Solin (10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Vrca (including: Verza , Vercia , Vrcha , Vercka and Verca ) is present in 28 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Anđelko Vrca, Braco Vrca, Cvjetana Vrca, Dujo Vrca, Željko Vrca, Robert Vrca, Antonija Vrca, Rajka Vrca, Ante Vrca, Stipe Vrca, Bosiljka Vrca, Slaven Vrca, Slavica Vrca, Ivan Vrca, Ivica Vrca, Romana Vrca, Emilio Vrca, Ivana Vrca, Dražan Vrca

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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