Surname Bučević in modern Croatia

Bučević families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Sinj area. In places Mala Milešina and Velika Milešina in Sinj area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Bučević.

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Bučević live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Split (100), Zagreb (25), Osijek (20), Djakovo (10), and in Podstrana in Solin area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bučević (including: Bucevic , Buchkevich , Bucewicz , Buchewicz , Buchevich and Buchnevich ) is present in 12 countries on three continents. "Buchewicz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vladimir Bučević, Damir Bučević, Davor Bučević, Ante Bučević, Brankica Bučević, Goran Bučević, Luka Bučević, Ivan Bučević, Jure Bučević, Tina Bučević, Lordan Bučević, Hrvoje Bučević, Dorja Bučević, Kristijan Bučević, Dragan Bučević, Danijela Bučević, Jakov Bučević, Milivoj Bučević, Marijan Bučević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1925 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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