Surname Banich in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Banich families are predominantly Italians (from Porec area ), rarely Croats (also from Porec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Porec.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Banich live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are only located in in one Croatian city and another small place , mostly in Sveti Lovrec Pazenaticki in Porec area (<10) and Rovinj (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Banich (including: Bannych , Banych ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. The family name "Banich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 200 in Peru , and some 60 people in Belarus.

Characteristic first names

Lorena Banich, Daniel Banich, Selma Banich, Emilio Banich, Mario Banich, Ema Banich, Stefano Banich, Oliviero Banich, Stanislav Banich, Massimo Banich, Anna Banich, Antonio Banich, Domenica Banich, Domenico Banich, Giovanni Banich, Maria Banich, Martino Banich, Matteo Banich, Nella Banich

Mentions in sources

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

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