Surname Bunić in modern Croatia

Bunić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. According to some sources they are from Dubrovnik, rarely Serbs and Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec area and in Varazdin. In places Plemenšćina and Slivarsko in Ivanec area every third inhabitant had the family name Bunić.

Prevalence

About 670 people with faimily name Bunić live in Croatia today, in 270 households. There were 530 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 36 cities and 72 other places, mostly in Zagreb (80), Varazdin (75), Plemenscina in Ivanec area (55), Koprivnica (50), and in Supetarska Draga on the Island of Rab (40).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bunić (including: Bunic , Bunich , Bunici , Bunick , Buhnici , Bunicci , Bunnich , Bunnick and Bunych ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. The family name "Bunic " is used by some 70 people in the United States , about 60 in Australia , and some 50 people in Moldova. "Bunich " is used by some 300 people in Ukraine , about 100 in Russian Federation , and some 90 people in the United States. "Bunick " is used by some 100 people in Brazil and about 70 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Bunić, Anđelka Bunić, Branimir Bunić, Miroslav Bunić, Martin Bunić, Luka Bunić, Josip Bunić, Danijel Bunić, Kristina Bunić, Mato Bunić, Romana Bunić, Radoslav Bunić, Branko Bunić, Stjepan Bunić, Renata Bunić, Vladimir Bunić, Vlasta Bunić, Ivica Bunić, Marijan Bunić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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