Surname Bavčević in modern Croatia

Bavčević families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Solta. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and on the Island of Solta. In Gornje Selo on the Island of Solta every eighth inhabitant had the family name Bavčević.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Bavčević live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Split (50), Podstrana in Solin area (<10), Zagreb (<10), Gornje Selo on the Island of Solta (<10), and in Korcula on the Island of Korcula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bavčević (including: Bavcevic , Bavcevich and Bavchevich ) is present in 12 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Teo Bavčević, Plamenko Bavčević, Lav Bavčević, Tonći Bavčević, Ivan Bavčević, Suzana Bavčević, Stanislav Bavčević, Nedeljka Bavčević, Denis Bavčević, Igor Bavčević, Nikša Bavčević, Branko Bavčević, Nikola Bavčević, Marija Bavčević, Nikolina Bavčević, Ružica Bavčević, Željana Bavčević, Jagoda Bavčević, Miranda Bavčević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1825 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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