Surname Bančić in modern Croatia

Bančić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Pazin area , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Varazdin. In Krničari in Pazin area every third inhabitant had the family name Bančić.

Prevalence

About 260 people with faimily name Bančić live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 390 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 31 other places, mostly in Pula (30), Krnicari in Pazin area (30), Koskovec in Ivanec area (20), Virovitica (20), and in Slavonski Brod (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bančić (including: Bancic , Bancich , Banchich , Banchick , Bancas and Banchic ) is present in 13 countries worldwide. The family name "Bancic " is used by small number of people in Canada and small number in the United States. "Banchic " is used by few people in the United States. "Banchich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sebastijan Bančić, Ermano Bančić, Aldo Bančić, Tihomir Bančić, Zvonko Bančić, Željko Bančić, Maja Bančić, Dorijana Bančić, Ester Bančić, Vanina Bančić, Sandro Bančić, Ingrid Bančić, Fadeta Bančić, Andrea Bančić, Sandra Bančić, Sonja Bančić, Ivan Bančić, Vesna Bančić, Marija Bančić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over sixty times, the first time 1640 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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