Surname Bonifačić in modern Croatia

Bonifačić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Krk. According to some sources s juga Korzike. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and on the Island of Krk.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Bonifačić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Punat on the Island of Krk (50), Rijeka (15), Zagreb (15), Osor on the Island of Losinj (<5), and in Virovitica (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least 19 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (13), Germany (3), France (1), Australia (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Bonifačić (including: Bonifacic , Bonifacich ) is present in 7 countries on three continents. The family name "Bonifacic " is used by some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ernest Bonifačić, David Bonifačić, Ruža Bonifačić, Marija Bonifačić, Bruno Bonifačić, Marta Bonifačić, Mario Bonifačić, Željan Bonifačić, Vjera Bonifačić, Vjekoslav Bonifačić, Franjo Bonifačić, Mirjana Bonifačić, Antun Bonifačić, Krunoslav Bonifačić, Marko Bonifačić, Vera Bonifačić, Luana Bonifačić, Ivan Bonifačić, Goran Bonifačić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories