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Bilic Surname Meaning

Croatian and Serbian (Bilić): nickname for a fair-skinned or fair-haired man from a dialect derivative of Croatian bijel Serbian beo ‘white light fair’; it can also be a patronymic or metronymic (see Belic). Compare Bilich and Billick.

Bosniak (Bilić): from Bosnian bijel ‘white light fair’ (see 1 above) or a patronymic from Bilo a short form of the Muslim personal name Bilal.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how Bilic families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Bilic family name was found in the USA, and Canada between 1911 and 1920. The most Bilic families were found in USA in 1920. In 1920 there was 1 Bilic family living in New York. This was about 50% of all the recorded Bilic's in USA. New York and 1 other state had the highest population of Bilic families in 1920.
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Between 1966 and 2004, in the United States, Bilic life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1985, and highest in 1988. The average life expectancy for Bilic in 1966 was 71, and 87 in 2004.

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