Surname Bačan in modern Croatia

Bačan families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Zapresic.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Bačan live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Petrijanec in Varazdin area (20), Senkovec in Zapresic area (<10), Zagreb (<10), Zapresic (<10), and in Sracinec in Varazdin area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bačan (including: Bacan , Bachan , Bachman , Bazzan , Baccan , Bacian , Bacsan , Bachhan , Bachian and Backan ) is present in 111 countries worldwide. "Bachan " is used by some 1000 people in Trinidad and Tobago , about 600 in the United States , and some 500 people in Poland. "Baccan " is used by some 1000 people in Brazil , about 300 in Italy , and small number of people in Morocco , small number of people in the United States. "Bacian " is used by some 400 people in Chile , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Romania.

Characteristic first names

Marija Bačan, Milenko Bačan, Antun Bačan, Ninoslav Bačan, Niko Bačan, Nedjeljko Bačan, Marijo Bačan, Ivan Bačan, Ružica Bačan, Željko Bačan, Kristina Bačan, Josip Bačan, Sandra Bačan, Stanislav Bačan, Martina Bačan, Oliva Bačan, Tatjana Bačan, Ankica Bačan, Siniša Bačan

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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