Surname Buneta in modern Croatia

Buneta families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Vinodolski. According to some sources they are from Lika (Brinje). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Novi Vinodolski. In Žabica in Gospic every third inhabitant had the family name Buneta.

Prevalence

About 410 people with faimily name Buneta live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 26 cities and 35 other places, mostly in Rijeka (95), Zagreb (55), Novi Vinodolski (50), Zabica (35), and in Piljenice in Novska area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (7), Switzerland (3), Belgium (1), France (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Buneta is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Buneta " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 60 in Argentina , and small number of people in Brazil. "Bunetta " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 50 in Italy , and small number of people in Venezuela.

Characteristic first names

Anđelka Buneta, Zoran Buneta, Dragan Buneta, Saša Buneta, Snježana Buneta, Gordan Buneta, Ivan Buneta, Lucija Buneta, Vladimir Buneta, Miroslav Buneta, Loris Buneta, Antun Buneta, Jurica Buneta, Marija Buneta, Stjepan Buneta, Irena Buneta, Sandra Buneta, Djurdjica Buneta, Katica Buneta

Mentions in sources

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

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