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Surname Vrcelj in modern Croatia
Vrcelj families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Slunj area , whereas often Croats (also from Slunj area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slunj area and in Benkovac. In Buković in Benkovac every fifth inhabitant had the family name Vrcelj.
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Prevalence
About 240 people with faimily name Vrcelj live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Bukovic (50), Zagreb (25), Benkovac (20), Plaski in Slunj area (15), and in Split (10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Vrcelj (including: Vercelli , Verzelli , Verchelli , Vercelj and Verzelj ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Vrcelj " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Germany. "Verzelli " is used by some 90 people in Italy and small number in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Davor Vrcelj,
Sofija Vrcelj,
Nikola Vrcelj,
Gordan Vrcelj,
Jelena Vrcelj,
Milan Vrcelj,
Lidija Vrcelj,
Đorđe Vrcelj,
Radojica Vrcelj,
Jasminka Vrcelj,
Željko Vrcelj,
Saša Vrcelj,
Siniša Vrcelj,
Branko Vrcelj,
Slađana Vrcelj,
Ivona Vrcelj,
Petar Vrcelj,
Aleksandar Vrcelj,
Igor Vrcelj
