Surname Babajko in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Babajko families are Croats (from Zadar ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Babajko live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located and threee other Croatian places, mostly in Ist (25), Zadar (20), Zagreb (10), Rijeka (<10), and in Olib (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Babajko (including: Babayko , Babeico , Babayco and Babaiko ) is present in 11 countries on three continents. The family name "Babajko " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Babayco " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Morana Babajko, Mirjana Babajko, Dragan Babajko, Kata Babajko, Ivo Babajko, Ljubica Babajko, Ante Babajko, Vera Babajko, Silvana Babajko, Filip Babajko, Ivan Babajko, Richard Babajko, Boris Babajko, Ivica Babajko, Olivera Babajko, Zdravko Babajko, Nataša Babajko, Paola Babajko, Dinko Babajko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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