In Croatia, Belčan families are Croats (from Vrbovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Vrbovec area.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Belčan live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only two Croatian places: in Radulec in Vrbovec area (<10) and Zagreb (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Belčan (including: Belcan , Bellican ) is present in five countries on three continents. "Bellican " is used by small number of people in Egypt , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.