Surname Bačani in modern Croatia

Bačani families are Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ludbreg and Zagreb. In Brezje in Donja Stubica area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Bačani.

Prevalence

About 400 people with faimily name Bačani live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 430 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 48 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Ludbreg (45), Koprivnica (20), Varazdin (20), and in Brezje in Donja Stubica area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Bačani (including: Bacani , Bachani , Bazzani , Bachlani , Baccani , Bhacani , Bachwani , Bachvani , Bachhani and Bachrani ) is present in 63 countries worldwide. The family name "Bacani " is used by some 60000 people in the Philippines , about 2000 in the United States , and some 600 people in Saudi Arabia. "Bachlani " is used by some 2000 people in Pakistan , small number in Saudi Arabia , and small number in the United States. "Bachwani " is used by some 60 people in Pakistan , small number in Indonesia , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Bačani, Andrea Bačani, Dragutin Bačani, Josip Bačani, Zvonimir Bačani, Željko Bačani, Ksenija Bačani, Zvonko Bačani, Smiljka Bačani, Zdravko Bačani, Damir Bačani, Dejan Bačani, Nada Bačani, Danijel Bačani, Dean Bačani, Katarina Bačani, Sanja Bačani, Goran Bačani, Ivan Bačani

Mentions in sources

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

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