Surname Bučan in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Bučan live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Split (15), Mravince (10), Velika Gorica (<10), and in Kobilic (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bučan (including: Bucan , Buchan , Buchman , Bucsan , Bucchan , Buchann , Buchtan , Buckan , Buchhan and Buzzan ) is present in 136 countries worldwide. "Buchan " is used by some 3000 people in Great Britain , about 3000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Canada. "Buchman " is used by some 4000 people in the United States , about 500 in Poland , and some 300 people in Israel. "Bucchan " is used by small number of people in Trinidad and Tobago , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Daniel Bučan, Ivo Bučan, Jagor Bučan, Lovre Bučan, Josip Bučan, Zdenko Bučan, Nikša Bučan, Roberta Bučan, Mario Bučan, Kristijan Bučan, Mladen Bučan, Đurđa Bučan, Damir Bučan, Vesna Bučan, Jasminka Bučan, Dragana Bučan, Renato Bučan, Melita Bučan, Mirjana Bučan

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.

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