Surname Bilonić in modern Croatia

Bilonić 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 Sinj. In places Vrpolje and Čačvina in Sinj area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Bilonić.

Prevalence

About 340 people with faimily name Bilonić live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Split (70), Zagreb (35), Trilj in Sinj area (35), Stobrec (30), and in Sinj (25).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (1) and the United States (1).
Family name Bilonić (including: Bilonic , Belonic , Belonick and Bilonick ) is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Bilonic " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States. "Bilonick " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Panama. "Belonick " is used by some 90 people in Viet Nam and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sandra Bilonić, Ante Bilonić, Ana Bilonić, Rosa Bilonić, Vesna Bilonić, Katica Bilonić, Ivan Bilonić, Miro Bilonić, Tomislav Bilonić, Mladenka Bilonić, Senka Bilonić, Kristina Bilonić, Josip Bilonić, Vinko Bilonić, Luca Bilonić, Boris Bilonić, Nada Bilonić, Alen Bilonić, Vlado Bilonić

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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