Surname Bićanić in modern Croatia

Bićanić families are Croats and they are mostly from Otocac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Otocac and in Otocac area. In Smoljanac in Otocac area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Bićanić.

Prevalence

About 1000 people with faimily name Bićanić live in Croatia today, in 440 households. There were 930 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 51 cities and 104 other places, mostly in Zagreb (165), Catrnja in Duga Resa area (75), Smoljanac in Otocac area (65), Rijeka (40), and in Otocac (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 22 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), Australia (6), Austria (6), Sweden (1), Canada (1), the United States (1), and to France (1).
Family name Bićanić (including: Bicanic , Bichanich and Bicanich ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. The family name "Bicanic " is used by some 900 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Australia. "Bichanich " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Bicanich " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vlado Bićanić, Goran Bićanić, Zlatimir Bićanić, Mario Bićanić, Dane Bićanić, Ivo Bićanić, Dino Bićanić, Nenad Bićanić, Davor Bićanić, Danijel Bićanić, Milan Bićanić, Mirjana Bićanić, Damir Bićanić, Aleksandra Bićanić, Anica Bićanić, Stjepan Bićanić, Zlatko Bićanić, Silvana Bićanić, Mateja Bićanić

Mentions in sources

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

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