Surname Bučić in modern Croatia

Bučić families are Croats and they are mostly from Zadar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Teslic area) and in Zadar. In Rajševa in Bosnian Krajina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Bučić.

Prevalence

About 520 people with faimily name Bučić live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 570 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 42 other places, mostly in Zadar (75), Galovac in Zadar area (70), Split (70), Zagreb (50), and in Rijeka (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 21 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (8), Germany (5), France (3), Sweden (2), Switzerland (2), and to Austria (1).
Family name Bučić (including: Bucic , Bucich , Buchcic , Buchich , Butschli , Buchnick , Butschi , Buchic , Buckic and Bucsics ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. "Buchic " is used by few people in the United States. "Bucich " is used by some 400 people in Argentina , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Italy. "Butschi " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Switzerland.

Characteristic first names

Mario Bučić, Domin Bučić, Gianni Bučić, Dijana Bučić, Klaudio Bučić, Feđa Bučić, Davor Bučić, Biserka Bučić, Rafaela Bučić, Zoran Bučić, Marin Bučić, Dolores Bučić, Nada Bučić, Mara Bučić, Ljiljana Bučić, Ivica Bučić, Verica Bučić, Goras Bučić, Anita Bučić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1729 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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