Surname Bunikić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bunikić families are generally Croats (from Pozega area ), very rarely Macedonians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega area and in Nova Gradiska.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Bunikić live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in only five Croatian places: in Nova Gradiska (<10), Banicevac in Nova Gradiska area (<10), Sice in Pozega area (<10), Sibenik (<5), and in Staro Petrovo Selo in Nova Gradiska area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bunikić (including: Bunikic , Bunicich and Bunicic ) is present in 6 countries on two continents. "Bunicic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Bunikić, Goran Bunikić, Davor Bunikić, Drago Bunikić, Darko Bunikić, Ivan Bunikić, Nikica Bunikić, Antun Bunikić, Marija Bunikić, Mate Bunikić, Milka Bunikić, Marica Bunikić, Marko Bunikić, Ana Bunikić, Stjepan Bunikić, Magdalena Bunikić, Spasena Bunikić, Đurđica Bunikić, Luka Bunikić

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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