Vulas families are Croats and they are mostly from Trogir. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Trogir. In Drvenik Veliki in Trogir every ninth inhabitant had the family name Vulas.
Prevalence
About 130 people with faimily name Vulas live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Split (60), Zagreb (20), Trogir (10), Solin (<10), and in Drvenik in Ploce area (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Vulas is present in 13 countries on four continents. "Vuelas " is used by few people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.
