Surname Vuletić in modern Croatia

Vuletić families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Omis area. According to some sources they are from Dubrovnik area (Ravno) or Montenegro, rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Omis area. In Dobranje in Omis area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Vuletić.

Prevalence

About 2000 people with faimily name Vuletić live in Croatia today, in 860 households. There were 1500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 62 cities and 151 other places, mostly in Split (330), Zagreb (290), Osijek (100), Dubrovnik (80), and in Rijeka (65).

Outside Croatia

At least 32 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (11), Switzerland (5), the Netherlands (3), Australia (3), Canada (2), the United States (2), Austria (2), the United Kingdom (1), Argentina (1), New Zealand (1), and to France (1).
Family name Vuletić (including: Vuletich , Vuletic , Vuletici and Wuletich ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Vuletic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Germany , and some 90 people in Libya. "Vuletich " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 100 in Argentina , and some 100 people in New Zealand. "Wuletich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Edo Vuletić, Darko Vuletić, Srebrenka Vuletić, Marko Vuletić, Dijana Vuletić, Nikola Vuletić, Jelena Vuletić, Tihomir Vuletić, Damir Vuletić, Dušan Vuletić, Suzana Vuletić, Josip Vuletić, Nenad Vuletić, Nataša Vuletić, Silvije Vuletić, Anđelko Vuletić, Srećko Vuletić, Mario Vuletić, Vinko Vuletić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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