Surname Bilać in modern Croatia

Bilać families are Croats and they are mostly from Vodice. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vodice and in Drnis area. In Turčinovići in Herzegovina every tenth inhabitant had the family name Bilać.

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Bilać live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Ruzic in Drnis area (20), Split (15), Zadar (15), and in Gacelezi (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bilać (including: Bilac , Bilach , Billac , Bilachi , Bilhac , Bilaci , Billack , Bielach , Bielac and Bilacz ) is present in 47 countries worldwide. The family name "Bilac " is used by some 2000 people in Brazil , about 800 in Turkey , and some 70 people in the United States. "Bilach " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Bielac " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Bilać, Mate Bilać, Damir Bilać, Radojica Bilać, Katarina Bilać, Marinko Bilać, Snježana Bilać, Josip Bilać, Mira Bilać, Jagoda Bilać, Marija Bilać, Ante Bilać, Vladimir Bilać, Dinko Bilać, Mladen Bilać, Andrea Bilać, Marica Bilać, Ivana Bilać, Tomislav Bilać

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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