Surname Bača in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bača families are generally Croats (from Sisak ), very rarely Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and Cakovec.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Bača live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Topolovac (<10), Zagreb (<5), Varazdin (<5), Knezevi Vinogradi in Beli Manastir area (<5), and in Donji Dragonozec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bača (including: Baca , Bacha , Bacca , Bazza , Bacsa , Bacia , Backa , Batscha , Bactha and Bazzha ) is present in 136 countries worldwide. The family name "Baca " is used by some 70000 people in the United States , about 70000 in Mexico , and some 50000 people in Peru. "Batscha " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Bacsa " is used by some 2000 people in the Philippines , about 1000 in Hungary , and some 90 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Bača, Ivan Bača, Vedrana Bača, Vlasta Bača, Stjepan Bača, Marina Bača, Nada Bača, Zdenko Bača, Valentina Bača, Marijan Bača, Vlado Bača, Đula Bača, Ankica Bača, Zlatko Bača, Vlatka Bača, Mara Bača, Milka Bača, Žana Bača, Ana Bača

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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