Surname Vručina in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Vručina live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 31 other places, mostly in Madarasevec in Ludbreg area (20), Ludbreg (15), Zagreb (10), Zupanja (<10), and in Obrankovec in Ludbreg area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Spain (1).
Family name Vručina (including: Vrucina , Vruchina ) is present in 7 countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Danijela Vručina, Mladen Vručina, Zoran Vručina, Ivanka Vručina, Aleksandra Vručina, Jasnica Vručina, Ivica Vručina, Dinko Vručina, Siniša Vručina, Ljiljana Vručina, Vedran Vručina, Dubravko Vručina, Željko Vručina, Marko Vručina, Marija Vručina, Vesna Vručina, Dražen Vručina, Smiljana Vručina, Nenad Vručina

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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