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Surname Bačkonja in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Bačkonja families are mainly Croats (from Jastrebarsko ), less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Knin.
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Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Bačkonja live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities, mostly in Zagreb (25), Strmica (<10), Jastrebarsko (<5), Vodice (<5), and in Markovac Nasicki (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Bačkonja is present in three countries on two continents. The family name "Backonja " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Draženka Bačkonja,
Željko Bačkonja,
Saša Bačkonja,
Neda Bačkonja,
Goran Bačkonja,
Ilija Bačkonja,
Slavica Bačkonja,
Branka Bačkonja,
Josip Bačkonja,
Marko Bačkonja,
Đuro Bačkonja,
Mara Bačkonja,
Miroslav Bačkonja,
Štefica Bačkonja,
Davor Bačkonja,
Kristina Bačkonja,
Barbara Bačkonja,
Cecilija Bačkonja,
Marta Bačkonja