Banfić families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec area and in Varazdin.
Prevalence
About 260 people with faimily name Banfić live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 340 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 42 other places, mostly in Varazdin (25), Gornja Voca in Ivanec area (20), Zagreb (20), Vinica in Ivanec area (15), and in Sracinec in Varazdin area (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Banfić (including: Banfic , Banfich ) is present in 7 countries on two continents. "Banfich " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.