Surname Bonačić in modern Croatia

Bonačić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Brac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 260 people with faimily name Bonačić live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Split (150), Zagreb (35), Milna on the Island of Brac (20), Dubrovnik (15), and in Solin (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Chile (3), Germany (3), Sweden (3), Australia (1), the United States (1), France (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Bonačić (including: Bonacic , Bonacich and Bonachich ) is present in 11 countries worldwide. The family name "Bonacic " is used by some 400 people in Chile , about 70 in the United States , and some 60 people in Argentina. "Bonacich " is used by some 80 people in Argentina , about 60 in the United States , and some 60 people in Chile. "Bonachich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Davor Bonačić, Luka Bonačić, Goran Bonačić, Jagoda Bonačić, Mirjana Bonačić, Erika Bonačić, Krunoslav Bonačić, Eliana Bonačić, Žarko Bonačić, Vlasta Bonačić, Marija Bonačić, Mišo Bonačić, Ivan Bonačić, Josip Bonačić, Biserka Bonačić, Jerko Bonačić, Ivo Bonačić, Karlo Bonačić, Maroje Bonačić

Mentions in sources

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

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