Surname Bučanović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bučanović families are almost entirely Croats (from Djakovo ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Bučanović live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and four other places, mostly in Djakovo (25), Osijek (<10), Gorjani in Djakovo area (<10), Zapresic (<5), and in Korcula on the Island of Korcula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bučanović (including: Bucanovic , Buckanovich ) is present in four countries on two continents. "Buckanovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Novela Bučanović, Ivica Bučanović, Alen Bučanović, Manuela Bučanović, Lidija Bučanović, Branimir Bučanović, Jasna Bučanović, Višnja Bučanović, Goran Bučanović, Zdravko Bučanović, Pavo Bučanović, Ana Bučanović, Branko Bučanović, Ivan Bučanović, Katarina Bučanović, Jelica Bučanović, Vesna Bučanović, Mira Bučanović, Vladimir Bučanović

Mentions in sources

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

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