Surname Badža in modern Croatia

Badža families are predominantly Serbs and they are mostly from Obrovac , less frequently Croats. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Obrovac and in Virovitica area. In Bilišane in Obrovac every eighth inhabitant had the family name Badža.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Badža live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Rijeka (15), Virovitica (10), Cepin in Osijek area (<10), Zadar (<5), and in Ernestinovo in Osijek area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Badža (including: Bada , Badza , Badda , Badha , Badah , Badja , Baada , Badaa , Badzha and Bahda ) is present in 108 countries worldwide. "Badaa " is used by few people in the United States. "Bahda " is used by few people in Mauritania and few people in the United States. "Bhada " is used by some 60 people in Pakistan , small number in the United States , and small number of people in United Arab Emirates.

Characteristic first names

Aleksandra Badža, Zoran Badža, Smilja Badža, Pavle Badža, Dragica Badža, Natalija Badža, Aleksandar Badža, Biljana Badža, Radmila Badža, Dražen Badža, Marina Badža, Vesna Badža, Radovan Badža, Sandra Badža, Predrag Badža, Mira Badža, Dušan Badža, Nikola Badža, Milena Badža

Mentions in sources

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

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