Surname Barčanec in modern Croatia

Barčanec families are Croats and they are mostly from Koprivnica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Barčanec live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located and 10 other Croatian places, mostly in Koprivnica (25), Peteranec in Koprivnica area (25), Zagreb (15), Velika Gorica (<5), and in Staglinec (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (1) and the United States (1).
Family name Barčanec is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Hrvoje Barčanec, Gordana Barčanec, Danijel Barčanec, Tomo Barčanec, Mirjana Barčanec, Igor Barčanec, Goran Barčanec, Tomislav Barčanec, Dragutin Barčanec, Dubravka Barčanec, Valentina Barčanec, Boris Barčanec, Krunoslav Barčanec, Nadica Barčanec, Anica Barčanec, Franko Barčanec, Sanja Barčanec, Kata Barčanec, Anka Barčanec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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