Surname Plančić in modern Croatia

Plančić families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Hvar , less frequently Bosniaks (from Bosnian Posavina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb. In Ripna in Middle Bosnia every second inhabitant had the family name Plančić.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Plančić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Stari Grad on the Island of Hvar (15), Split (10), Svirce on the Island of Hvar (10), and in Sibenik (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Plančić (including: Plancic , Plancich ) is present in 11 countries on three continents. The family name "Plancic " is used by some 100 people in Argentina , small number in Chile , and small number of people in the United States. "Plancich " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Ante Plančić, Bisera Plančić, Franjo Plančić, Mladen Plančić, Juraj Plančić, Jerki Plančić, Sandra Plančić, Đurđica Plančić, Antonija Plančić, Mićo Plančić, Loren Plančić, Dušanka Plančić, Josip Plančić, Marta Plančić, Ljerka Plančić, Adem Plančić, Ana Plančić, Niko Plančić, Ivan Plančić

Mentions in sources

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

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