Vasić Explained

Vasić (Serbian: Васић) is a Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian surname, a patronymic derived from Vasa and Vaso (diminutives of Vasilije and Vasoje).

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 77.3% of all known bearers of the surname Vasić were residents of Serbia (frequency 1:285), 14.9% of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1:731), 5.1% of Kosovo (1:1,122) and 1.4% of Croatia (1:9,418).

In Serbia, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:285) in the following districts:^[1]

• 1. Mačva District (1:79)
• 2. Pomoravlje District (1:121)
• 3. Rasina District (1:143)
• 4. Braničevo District (1:153)
• 5. Podunavlje District (1:160)
• 6. Kolubara District (1:188)
• 7. Nišava District (1:265)
• 8. Belgrade (1:270)
• 9. Toplica District (1:284)

People

• Aleksandar Vasić (basketball) (born 1987), Serbian basketball player
• Aleksandar Vasić (politician), deputy chairman of the State Broadcasting Agency Council in the Republic of Serbia
• Bane Vasic, American engineer
• Dejan Vasić (born 1980), Serbian footballer
• Đurađ Vasić (born 1956), Serbian footballer and manager
• Jovan Vasić (born 1987), Serbian footballer
• Kara-Marko Vasić (fl. 1804–15), Serbian Revolutionary
• Milan Vasić (1928–2003), Serbian historian
• Miloš Vasić (born 1991), Serbian rower
• Nenad Vasić (born 1979), Serbian footballer
• Nikola Vasić (born 1984), Serbian basketball player
• Radojica Vasić (born 1976), Serbian footballer
• Sonja Vasić (born 1989), Serbian basketball player

See also

• Vasović
• Vasojević
• Vasiljević

Notes and References

1. https://forebears.io/surnames/vasić Vasić surname distribution