Surname Botinčan in modern Croatia

Botinčan families are Croats and they are mostly from Djurdjevac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and in Djurdjevac area. In Rakitnica in Djurdjevac area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Botinčan.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Botinčan live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Bjelovar (20), Djurdjevac (20), Zagreb (<10), Rijeka (<10), and in Klostar Ivanic in Ivanic-Grad area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Botinčan is present in two countries on two continents.

Characteristic first names

Matko Botinčan, Danijel Botinčan, Daniel Botinčan, Dražen Botinčan, Berislav Botinčan, Sanja Botinčan, Vlatko Botinčan, Josip Botinčan, Jelena Botinčan, Davor Botinčan, Miroslav Botinčan, Mirko Botinčan, Zoran Botinčan, Maja Botinčan, Helena Botinčan, Vesna Botinčan, Mario Botinčan, Božica Botinčan, Mijo Botinčan

Mentions in sources

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.

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