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Surname Bacalja in modern Croatia
Bacalja families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Ugljan. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and on the Island of Ugljan.
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Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Bacalja live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and four other places, mostly in Zadar (40), in Ugljan (15) and Preko (10) on the Island of Ugljan, Zagreb (<10), and in Cazma (<10).
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Outside Croatia
At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (3) and Mexico (1).
Family name Bacalja (including: Bazaglia , Bazalia , Bacciaglia and Bacalia ) is present in 11 countries worldwide. The family name "Bacalja " is used by some 50 people in Argentina and small number in the United States. "Bacalia " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Robert Bacalja,
Siniša Bacalja,
Mirjana Bacalja,
Zoran Bacalja,
Oliver Bacalja,
Lorijana Bacalja,
Jagoda Bacalja,
Mirko Bacalja,
Vesna Bacalja,
Mihaela Bacalja,
Dorotea Bacalja,
Nora Bacalja,
Vlado Bacalja,
Cecilija Bacalja,
Jasna Bacalja,
Josip Bacalja,
Denis Bacalja,
Ivo Bacalja,
Rajko Bacalja
