Surname Vulić in modern Croatia

Vulić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac area. According to some sources they are from Poljica near Omis, rarely Serbs from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zadar. In Zakučac in Omis every second inhabitant had the family name Vulić.

Prevalence

About 1600 people with faimily name Vulić live in Croatia today, in 690 households. There were 890 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 64 cities and 122 other places, mostly in Split (210), Zagreb (185), Zadar (125), Rijeka (70), and in Nasice (45).

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (5), the United States (4), Germany (3), and to France (1).
Family name Vulić (including: Vulich , Vulic , Wullich , Wulich , Vulichi , Wulick and Vuliche ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Vulic " is used by some 200 people in Iraq , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Germany. "Vulich " is used by some 300 people in Argentina , about 200 in the United States , and some 60 people in Israel. "Vulichi " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marko Vulić, Marijan Vulić, Ivan Vulić, Mladen Vulić, Zdenko Vulić, Štefanija Vulić, Ante Vulić, Ljiljana Vulić, Martin Vulić, Jure Vulić, Nenad Vulić, Gojko Vulić, Zoran Vulić, Šime Vulić, Vesna Vulić, Šimun Vulić, Stipa Vulić, Tomislav Vulić, Diana Vulić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1705 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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