Surname Banoci in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Banoci families are Croats (from Djurdjevac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Djurdjevac area. In Križnica in Djurdjevac area every fourtieth inhabitant had the family name Banoci.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Banoci live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Zagreb (25), Velika Mlaka (<5), Veliko Polje (<5), and in Vir in Nin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Banoci (including: Banocy , Bannochie and Banozzi ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. "Banocy " is used by some 70 people in the United States. "Bannochie " is used by some 70 people in Angola , some 70 people in the United States , and small number of people in Egypt.

Characteristic first names

Dražen Banoci, Milan Banoci, Ira Banoci, Zlatko Banoci, Marija Banoci, Maja Banoci, Sandra Banoci, Željko Banoci, Ivan Banoci, Marijo Banoci, Miroslav Banoci, Dragica Banoci, Slavica Banoci, Mato Banoci, Mirjana Banoci, Štefanija Banoci, Nada Banoci, Marko Banoci, Ana Banoci

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1938 in source Phone Book - Zagreb 1938.

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