Vukašin families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Peljesac Peninsula , but often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Drnis.
Prevalence
About 130 people with faimily name Vukašin live in Croatia today, in 70 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 12 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Split (50), Dubrovnik (10), Zuljana on the Peljesac peninsula (10), Zagreb (<10), and in Sibenik (<10).
Outside Croatia
At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (2) and Germany (1). Family name Vukašin (including: Vukasin , Vukashin ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Vukasin " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in France.
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.
