Surname Bunjevac in modern Croatia

Bunjevac families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Nova Gradiska area , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Sisak. In Lipovec Lonjski in Ivanic-Grad area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Bunjevac.

Prevalence

About 500 people with faimily name Bunjevac live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 690 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 72 other places, mostly in Zagreb (75), Lipovec Lonjski in Ivanic-Grad area (40), Sisak (35), Virovitica (25), and in Pozega (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bunjevac (including: Bunievatz , Bunyevac ) is present in 16 countries on four continents. The family name "Bunjevac " is used by some 80 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Canada. "Bunievatz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Bunjevac, Tomislav Bunjevac, Stjepan Bunjevac, Hrvoje Bunjevac, Maja Bunjevac, Vjekoslav Bunjevac, Alen Bunjevac, Krešimir Bunjevac, Milka Bunjevac, Svetislav Bunjevac, Ivan Bunjevac, Robert Bunjevac, Vera Bunjevac, Zvonko Bunjevac, Sanja Bunjevac, Marijan Bunjevac, Ljiljana Bunjevac, Darko Bunjevac, Marija Bunjevac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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