Surname Bucić in modern Croatia

Bucić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Pasman. According to some sources they are from Selina and Starigrada Paklenice. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Pasman and in Zagreb. In Seline on the Island of Pasman every sixth inhabitant had the family name Bucić.

Prevalence

About 280 people with faimily name Bucić live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Seline on the Island of Pasman (50), Zadar (40), Starigrad on the Island of Pasman (30), and in Orahovica (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bucić (including: Bucic , Bucich , Buzic , Buccas , Buzick , Buchich , Buzich and Bucchich ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. "Bucich " is used by some 400 people in Argentina , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Italy. "Buzick " is used by some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Pavle Bucić, Silvano Bucić, Josip Bucić, Tomislav Bucić, Mirjana Bucić, Nada Bucić, Natalia Bucić, Marija Bucić, Damir Bucić, Marina Bucić, Suzana Bucić, Ivica Bucić, Marin Bucić, Nikola Bucić, Ivan Bucić, Marijo Bucić, Pave Bucić, Kata Bucić, Ante Bucić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1729 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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