Surname Bažant in modern Croatia

Bažant families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Djakovo area , also Czechs (from Grubisno Polje ), very rarely Slovaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Grubisno Polje and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Bažant live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Daruvar (<10), Karlovac (<10), Ivanovo Selo (<10), and in Djakovo (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bažant is present in 7 countries on four continents. The family name "Bazant " is used by some 300 people in Poland , about 90 in the United States , and some 70 people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Bažant, Alen Bažant, Josip Bažant, Jadranka Bažant, Nensi Bažant, Davorin Bažant, Božidar Bažant, Jozo Bažant, Ankica Bažant, Vladimir Bažant, Ana Bažant, Ivica Bažant, Miroslav Bažant, Marija Bažant, Mirta Bažant, Branka Bažant, Franjo Bažant, Mirko Bažant, Vlado Bažant

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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