Surname Banec in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Banec families are Croats (from Varazdin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Ivanec area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Banec live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties, two cities and 9 other places, mostly in Koretinec in Ivanec area (<10), Varazdin (<10), Vidovec in Varazdin area (<10), Mala Subotica in Cakovec area (<5), and in Jurketinec in Ivanec area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Banec (including: Banez , Banetz and Bannec ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. "Banez " is used by some 30000 people in the Philippines , about 1000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Spain. "Bannec " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vladimir Banec, Bojana Banec, Ivan Banec, Mirjana Banec, Snježana Banec, Anica Banec, Božidar Banec, Kristina Banec, Tomislav Banec, Terezija Banec, Slavko Banec, Juraj Banec, Katica Banec, Višnja Banec, Jasenka Banec, Marjana Banec, Franjo Banec, Ivica Banec, Jelena Banec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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