Brkanac families are Croats and they are mostly from Nova Gradiska area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nova Gradiska and in Nova Gradiska area. In Bodovaljci in Nova Gradiska area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Brkanac.
Prevalence
About 170 people with faimily name Brkanac live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zapolje in Nova Gradiska area (40), Taboriste (25), Zagreb (20), Bodovaljci in Nova Gradiska area (20), and in Nova Gradiska (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Brkanac is present in four countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.