Surname Bišćan in modern Croatia

Bišćan families are Croats and they are mostly from Duga Resa area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Karlovac. In Kozalj Vrh in Duga Resa nearly every inhabitant had the family name Bišćan.

Prevalence

About 900 people with faimily name Bišćan live in Croatia today, in 390 households. There were 620 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 34 cities and 95 other places, mostly in Zagreb (180), Samobor (90), Duga Resa (85), Cerovac Barilovicki in Duga Resa area (60), and in Kozalj Vrh (55).

Outside Croatia

At least 49 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Austria (27), Australia (9), Germany (7), the United States (3), Canada (1), France (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Bišćan (including: Biscan , Bischan , Bischmann and Bischman ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. The family name "Biscan " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 400 in Germany , and some 100 people in Australia. "Bischan " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Bischman " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dubravka Bišćan, Božidar Bišćan, Romeo Bišćan, Vlatka Bišćan, Frida Bišćan, Mirjana Bišćan, Željko Bišćan, Josipa Bišćan, Mladen Bišćan, Emel Bišćan, Dragutin Bišćan, Davor Bišćan, Mijo Bišćan, Ivica Bišćan, Mario Bišćan, Marija Bišćan, Alenko Bišćan, Darko Bišćan, Nevenka Bišćan

Mentions in sources

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

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