Bilandžić families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj area and in Split. In places Maljkovo and Krušvar in Sinj area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Bilandžić.
Prevalence
About 790 people with faimily name Bilandžić live in Croatia today, in 310 households. There were 420 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 90 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 30 cities and 48 other places, mostly in Split (140), Krusvar in Sinj area (105), Sinj (85), Maljkovo in Sinj area (75), and in Zagreb (65).
Outside Croatia
At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (5) and Germany (1). Family name Bilandžić (including: Bilandzic , Bilandic ) is present in 11 countries on three continents. "Bilandic " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1937 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.
