Surname Bandić in modern Croatia

Bandić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Gornji Vakuf area) and in Herzegovina (Grude area). In Šugine Bare in Middle Bosnia nearly every inhabitant had the family name Bandić.

Prevalence

About 500 people with faimily name Bandić live in Croatia today, in 210 households. There were 220 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 40 cities and 43 other places, mostly in Zagreb (155), Split (60), Sinj (45), Vucipolje in Sinj area (40), and in Osijek (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bandić (including: Bandic , Bandich , Bandici , Bandichor , Bandick , Bandych , Bandics and Bandicha ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. "Bandich " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Belarus. "Bandick " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia. "Bandics " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Hungary.

Characteristic first names

Milan Bandić, Mladen Bandić, Matija Bandić, Davor Bandić, Tanja Bandić, Živko Bandić, Ivan Bandić, Milica Bandić, Antonio Bandić, Boris Bandić, Damir Bandić, Tomislav Bandić, Marijo Bandić, Lidija Bandić, Neda Bandić, Ante Bandić, Mato Bandić, Luca Bandić, Milijana Bandić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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