Bolčević families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec area and in Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 230 people with faimily name Bolčević live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Gornja Voca (55) and Donja Voca (45) in Ivanec area, Sesvete (45), Zagreb (20), and in Krizevci (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Bolčević (including: Bolcevic , Bolcewicz ) is present in 6 countries on three continents.
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.