Surname Vrlec in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Vrlec live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 17 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Peteranec in Koprivnica area (10), Belec (<10), Gornja Selnica (<10), and in Sigetec in Koprivnica area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vrlec (including: Verlezza , Verlez , Werlech and Verlec ) is present in 13 countries on four continents. The family name "Vrlec " is used by small number of people in Thailand and small number in the United States. "Verlezza " is used by some 400 people in Venezuela , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Italy. "Werlech " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Vrlec, Katica Vrlec, Branko Vrlec, Siniša Vrlec, Tomislav Vrlec, Božica Vrlec, Ivan Vrlec, Blaženka Vrlec, Josip Vrlec, Vladimir Vrlec, Fabijan Vrlec, Ljudevit Vrlec, Davor Vrlec, Grozdan Vrlec, Miroslav Vrlec, Dragutin Vrlec, Mirko Vrlec, Darko Vrlec, Ivica Vrlec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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