Surname Bilčić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bilčić families are Croats (from Peljesac Peninsula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and on the Island of Hvar. In Lovište on Peljesac Peninsula every ninth inhabitant had the family name Bilčić.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Bilčić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are only located in in 8 Croatian cities and 6 other places, mostly in Split (25), Loviste on the Peljesac peninsula (20), Pula (<5), Rijeka (<5), and in Opuzen (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bilčić (including: Bilcic , Bilcich , Belchick , Belchic , Belcas , Bilchick , Belcich , Bilczic and Belcic ) is present in 18 countries on four continents. The family name "Bilcic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Bilczic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Bilchick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tonko Bilčić, Milivoj Bilčić, Ljubomir Bilčić, Petar Bilčić, Dinko Bilčić, Nikola Bilčić, Diana Bilčić, Gorana Bilčić, Robert Bilčić, Dragana Bilčić, Miroslav Bilčić, Mirjana Bilčić, Mate Bilčić, Ivona Bilčić, Dino Bilčić, Mladen Bilčić, Barbara Bilčić, Jelena Bilčić, Vesna Bilčić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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