Surname Vujović in modern Croatia

Vujović families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Pula , also Montenegrins (Cetinje, Montenegro) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pula.

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Vujović live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Split (20), Pula (20), Rijeka (20), and in Varazdin (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vujović (including: Vujovic , Vujovich and Vuyovich ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. The family name "Vujovic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Germany , and some 80 people in Canada. "Vujovich " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Argentina , and small number of people in Australia. "Vuyovich " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Anica Vujović, Mirjana Vujović, Zlatko Vujović, Siniša Vujović, Igor Vujović, Boris Vujović, Zoran Vujović, Borislav Vujović, Ana Vujović, Tatjana Vujović, Darko Vujović, Karla Vujović, Dean Vujović, Nedjeljko Vujović, Veselin Vujović, Slobodan Vujović, Denis Vujović, Vera Vujović, Ljubinka Vujović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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