Surname Bogdanić in modern Croatia

Bogdanić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Otocac , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Otocac and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 720 people with faimily name Bogdanić live in Croatia today, in 300 households. There were 680 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 49 cities and 58 other places, mostly in Zagreb (125), Otocac (60), Biograd na moru (50), Zadar (35), and in Stari Grad on the Island of Hvar (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), the United States (3), Switzerland (1), Austria (1), Canada (1), Australia (1), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Bogdanić (including: Bogdanic , Bogdanich , Bogdanych , Bogdanici and Bogdaniec ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. "Bogdanich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 60 in Italy , and small number of people in Argentina. "Bogdaniec " is used by small number of people in Poland and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Peruško Bogdanić, Radivoje Bogdanić, Grozdana Bogdanić, Slavka Bogdanić, Martina Bogdanić, Ljubomir Bogdanić, Mile Bogdanić, Ante Bogdanić, Ivica Bogdanić, Siniša Bogdanić, Tamara Bogdanić, Zdravko Bogdanić, Stella Bogdanić, Roberto Bogdanić, Mihovio Bogdanić, Berislav Bogdanić, Sanja Bogdanić, Tomislav Bogdanić, Sven Bogdanić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1606 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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