Surname Bilica in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bilica families are Croats (from Petrinja ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina and Petrinja.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Bilica live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only two Croatian places: in Gora (<5) and Prijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bilica (including: Belica , Bylica , Belicha , Bellicha , Billica , Bilitza , Bielitza , Bielica and Beliza ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Bilica " is used by some 80 people in Brazil , some 80 people in the United States , and small number of people in Romania. "Billica " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Bielitza " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Igor Bilica, Milan Bilica, Milka Bilica, Nikola Bilica, Ivan Bilica, Terezija Bilica, Dragan Bilica, Adam Bilica, Mijo Bilica

Mentions in sources

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

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