Vuzem families are Croats and they are mostly from Krapina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Krapina area. In places Gornji Macelj and Gorjani Sutinski in Krapina area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Vuzem.
Prevalence
About 320 people with faimily name Vuzem live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 37 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), in Gornji Macelj (25), Gorjani Sutinski (25) and Gornja Semnica (20) in Krapina area, and in Rusevo in Pleternica area (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Vuzem is present in 7 countries on three continents.
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.