Surname Vulelija in modern Croatia

Vulelija families are Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Zadar.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Vulelija live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and four other places, mostly in Korlat (60), Zagreb (35), Biograd na moru (20), Zadar (15), and in Benkovac (10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Vulelija is present in two countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Boško Vulelija, Zoran Vulelija, Neven Vulelija, Vedran Vulelija, Sandra Vulelija, Radmila Vulelija, Diana Vulelija, Divna Vulelija, Tomislav Vulelija, Božidar Vulelija, Jelena Vulelija, Goran Vulelija, Petra Vulelija, Željka Vulelija, Andreja Vulelija, Dinko Vulelija, Boris Vulelija, Stipan Vulelija, Josipa Vulelija

Mentions in sources

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.

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