Surname Bičanić in modern Croatia

Bičanić families are Croats and they are mostly from Vinkovci area. According to some sources they are from Brinje in Lika, or Lipovaca near Slunj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vinkovci and in Vinkovci area.

Prevalence

About 700 people with faimily name Bičanić live in Croatia today, in 310 households. There were 480 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 45 cities and 79 other places, mostly in Rokovci in Vinkovci area (130), Zagreb (110), Vinkovci (60), Andrijasevci in Vinkovci area (35), and in Slavonski Brod (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 17 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (8), Australia (4), the United States (2), Austria (1), France (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Bičanić (including: Bicanic , Bichanich and Bicanich ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. The family name "Bicanic " is used by some 900 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Australia. "Bicanich " is used by some 70 people in the United States. "Bichanich " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Milan Bičanić, Nikolina Bičanić, Ante Bičanić, Tomislav Bičanić, Antun Bičanić, Kristina Bičanić, Denis Bičanić, Ljerka Bičanić, Krunoslav Bičanić, Ivan Bičanić, Zdenko Bičanić, Pero Bičanić, Mario Bičanić, Vedran Bičanić, Željko Bičanić, Mirta Bičanić, Milka Bičanić, Melia Bičanić, Zdravko Bičanić

Mentions in sources

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

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