Surname Vujević in modern Croatia

Vujević families are Croats and they are mostly from Zadar area. According to some sources they are from Druma near Imotskog. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Drnis. In Štikovo in Drnis every second inhabitant had the family name Vujević.

Prevalence

About 1000 people with faimily name Vujević live in Croatia today, in 390 households. There were 490 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 43 cities and 66 other places, mostly in Split (230), Zagreb (130), Galovac in Zadar area (70), Zadar (65), and in Drum in Imotski area (45).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vujević (including: Vujevic , Vujevich ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. The family name "Vujevic " is used by some 60 people in Australia , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in Switzerland. "Vujevich " is used by some 80 people in the United States and small number in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Slavko Vujević, Dinko Vujević, Marijan Vujević, Tino Vujević, Kuzman Vujević, Željko Vujević, Mirko Vujević, Dušan Vujević, Miroslav Vujević, Vojo Vujević, Eda Vujević, Daniela Vujević, Ante Vujević, Ilija Vujević, Rudolf Vujević, Dajana Vujević, Sandra Vujević, Duje Vujević, Silvana Vujević

Mentions in sources

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

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