Surname Bačanek in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bačanek families are almost entirely Croats (from Zlatar area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zlatar area and in Zagreb. In Bočadir in Zlatar area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Bačanek.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Bačanek live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Bocadir in Zlatar area (25), Zagreb (15), Celine (<10), Bedenica in Sveti Ivan Zelina area (<10), and in Sesvete (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bačanek (including: Bachanek , Bacanek , Bachmanek and Bachánek ) is present in 8 countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Marijan Bačanek, Branko Bačanek, Anica Bačanek, Mladen Bačanek, Narcisa Bačanek, Dubravka Bačanek, Dragutin Bačanek, Ivica Bačanek, Draženka Bačanek, Mario Bačanek, Marko Bačanek, Ivanka Bačanek, Josip Bačanek, Irena Bačanek, Radmila Bačanek, Ljerka Bačanek, Ružica Bačanek, Hrvoje Bačanek, Mirna Bačanek

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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