Surname Ivančić in modern Croatia

Ivančić families are Croats and they are mostly from east Herzegovina. According to some sources they are from the Island of Brac, Istria and from Omis. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Doboj, Bosnia (Doboj area). In Grabovica in Doboj area, BiH every fourth inhabitant had the family name Ivančić.

Prevalence

About 3400 people with faimily name Ivančić live in Croatia today, in 1400 households. There were 2600 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 80 cities and 307 other places, mostly in Zagreb (690), Sesvete (175), Split (160), Pula (135), and in Rijeka (105).

Outside Croatia

At least 83 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (18), the United States (15), France (15), Germany (13), Argentina (12), Switzerland (4), Austria (2), Canada (2), Sweden (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Ivančić (including: Ivancic , Ivancich , Ivanchich , Ivanchic and Ivancsics ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. The family name "Ivancic " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 2000 in Germany , and some 600 people in Australia. "Ivancich " is used by some 500 people in Argentina , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Italy. "Ivancsics " is used by small number of people in Austria , small number in Hungary , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Boris Ivančić, Silvana Ivančić, Aleksandar Ivančić, Dragutin Ivančić, Jure Ivančić, Zdravko Ivančić, Viktor Ivančić, Dorotea Ivančić, Vjekoslav Ivančić, Đurđica Ivančić, Dorian Ivančić, Ivan Ivančić, Iva Ivančić, Ivana Ivančić, Zlatko Ivančić, Marijan Ivančić, Pino Ivančić, Matko Ivančić, Ilija Ivančić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned about one hundred times, the first time 1614 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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