Vunić families are Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac area and in Sibenik. In places Budak and Velim in Benkovac area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Vunić.
Prevalence
About 320 people with faimily name Vunić live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Budak (75) and Stankovci (45) in Benkovac area, Zagreb (35), Zadar (25), and in Velim in Benkovac area (20).
Outside Croatia
At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United Kingdom (2), the United States (1), and to Germany (1). Family name Vunić (including: Vunic , Vunich ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. The family name "Vunic " is used by small number of people in Canada , small number in Australia , and small number of 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 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.
