Surname Babaja in modern Croatia

Babaja families are Croats and they are mostly from Omis area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Omis area and in Split.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Babaja live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Split (35), Grabovac in Omis area (30), Osijek (10), Zagreb (<10), and in Sibenik (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Babaja (including: Babaya , Babayya , Babalya and Babaia ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. "Babalya " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Iva Babaja, Antun Babaja, Ivica Babaja, Mladen Babaja, Dražen Babaja, Ivo Babaja, Ivana Babaja, Ivan Babaja, Mirjana Babaja, Branimir Babaja, Sanela Babaja, Jadranka Babaja, Marinko Babaja, Ana Babaja, Danica Babaja, Veronika Babaja, Miroslav Babaja, Danijela Babaja, Marija Babaja

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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