Surname Stančić in modern Croatia

Stančić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Brac. According to some sources they are from Baranje, rarely Serbs, and Italians (Buje). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Sibenik. In Slivno in Sibenik every sixth inhabitant had the family name Stančić.

Prevalence

About 780 people with faimily name Stančić live in Croatia today, in 350 households. There were 810 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 45 cities and 67 other places, mostly in Zagreb (145), Sumartin on the Island of Brac (80), Sibenik (75), Stari Grad on the Island of Hvar (60), and in Rijeka (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (4), Argentina (4), Germany (2), Canada (2), and to Australia (2).
Family name Stančić (including: Stancich , Stancic , Stanchich , Stanchic , Stanchick and Stancick ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Stancic " is used by some 50 people in the United States , small number in France , and small number in Romania. "Stanchic " is used by few people in the United States. "Stanchich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mario Stančić, Miroslav Stančić, Marija Stančić, Nevenka Stančić, Duje Stančić, Tonči Stančić, Miodrag Stančić, Zvjezdana Stančić, Davor Stančić, Marin Stančić, Vladimir Stančić, Zrinjka Stančić, Hrvoje Stančić, Krešimir Stančić, Goran Stančić, Dane Stančić, Milan Stančić, Dragan Stančić, Anita Stančić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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