Baničević families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Korcula. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Korcula and in Dubrovnik. In Smokvica on the Island of Korcula every fifth inhabitant had the family name Baničević.
Prevalence
About 210 people with faimily name Baničević live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Smokvica (150) and Cara (20) on the Island of Korcula, Zagreb (15), Split (15), and in Dubrovnik (10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.