Surname Baf in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Baf families are Croats (from Pazin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Labin. In Jakomići in Pazin area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Baf.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Baf live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Pula (<10), Gracisce in Pazin area (<10), Porec (<10), Rim (<10), and in Pazin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Baf (including: Baaf , Baff , Baphn , Bapha , Bhaph and Baphu ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Baf " is used by small number of people in Italy and small number in the United States. "Baff " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 50 in Australia , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Aldo Baf, Elena Baf, Jasmina Baf, Vedran Baf, Adrijano Baf, Dušan Baf, Patrik Baf, Damir Baf, Đani Baf, Davor Baf, Suzana Baf, Nenad Baf, Frane Baf, Gracijano Baf, Josip Baf, Alojzije Baf, Kristina Baf, Vladimir Baf, Mirjana Baf

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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