Surname Banovac in modern Croatia

Banovac families are Croats and they are mostly from Pazin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Split. In Grebaštica in Sibenik every seventh inhabitant had the family name Banovac.

Prevalence

About 800 people with faimily name Banovac live in Croatia today, in 300 households. There were 620 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 28 cities and 49 other places, mostly in Split (185), Sibenik (95), Sveti Petar u Sumi in Pazin area (75), Grebastica (65), and in Zagreb (50).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), the United States (3), the Netherlands (1), Canada (1), Argentina (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Banovac (including: Banovaz , Banovatz and Banowatz ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Banovac " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Canada. "Banovatz " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Banowatz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Boris Banovac, Ante Banovac, Eraldo Banovac, Milena Banovac, Viki Banovac, Maja Banovac, Željko Banovac, Milan Banovac, Stjepan Banovac, Željan Banovac, Suzana Banovac, Elvis Banovac, Ivica Banovac, Marijan Banovac, Igor Banovac, Lavira Banovac, Franko Banovac, Damir Banovac, Đani Banovac

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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