Surname Banac in modern Croatia

Banac families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Beli Manastir. According to some sources they are from Konavle, rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Dubrovnik.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Banac live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Popovici in Dubrovnik area (15), Osijek (10), Darda in Osijek area (<10), Branjin Vrh (<10), and in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Banac (including: Banach , Banaz , Bannach and Bannatz ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. The family name "Banac " is used by some 900 people in the Philippines , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in Romania. "Banach " is used by some 10000 people in Poland , about 2000 in the United States , and some 600 people in Germany. "Bannach " is used by some 500 people in Brazil , about 400 in Germany , and some 300 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sanjin Banac, Ivo Banac, Srđan Banac, Spasoja Banac, Pavo Banac, Svjetlana Banac, Marija Banac, Mirela Banac, Gheorghe Banac, Petru Banac, Petar Banac, Božo Banac, Đorđe Banac, Marian Banac, Andro Banac, Vojislav Banac, Josip Banac, Pero Banac, Karlo Banac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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