Surname Vugdelija in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Vugdelija live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Otok in Sinj area (155), Zagreb (35), Split (25), Siveric (10), and in Dubrovnik (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (2), the United States (2), and to Germany (1).
Family name Vugdelija is present in 6 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Frano Vugdelija, Marijan Vugdelija, Vatroslav Vugdelija, Davor Vugdelija, Milenko Vugdelija, Donatella Vugdelija, Nada Vugdelija, Draško Vugdelija, Anđelka Vugdelija, Ante Vugdelija, Sanja Vugdelija, Šima Vugdelija, Zvone Vugdelija, Ivica Vugdelija, Branko Vugdelija, Kata Vugdelija, Petra Vugdelija, Stipe Vugdelija, Ksenija Vugdelija

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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