Surname Bućan in modern Croatia

Bućan families can be both Croats (the family name originates from Solin ) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Glina area. In Prkos Lasinjski in Jastrebarsko area every third inhabitant had the family name Bućan.

Prevalence

About 390 people with faimily name Bućan live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 410 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 33 other places, mostly in Mravince (85), Zagreb (70), Split (40), Karlovac (20), and in Pravutina in Ozalj area (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bućan (including: Bucan , Buchan , Buchman , Bucsan , Bucchan , Buchann , Buchtan , Buckan , Buchhan and Buzzan ) is present in 92 countries worldwide. "Buchan " is used by some 3000 people in Great Britain , about 3000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Canada. "Buchman " is used by some 4000 people in the United States , about 500 in Poland , and some 300 people in Israel. "Bucchan " is used by small number of people in Trinidad and Tobago , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Kajo Bućan, Stjepko Bućan, Ivica Bućan, Ante Bućan, Boris Bućan, Vlado Bućan, Đuro Bućan, Julija Bućan, Đenio Bućan, Diana Bućan, Jurica Bućan, Frane Bućan, Ksenija Bućan, Petar Bućan, Nikola Bućan, Ivo Bućan, Radojka Bućan, Ivanka Bućan, Marija Bućan

Mentions in sources

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

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