Surname Baglama in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Baglama families are almost entirely Croats (from Sisak ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and Glina.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Baglama live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 9 other places, mostly in Topolovac (20), Budasevo (10), Palanjek (10), Sisak (<10), and in Novo Seliste (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Baglama is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Baglama " is used by some 200 people in Turkey , about 90 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Marina Baglama, Marijan Baglama, Blaženka Baglama, Kristinka Baglama, Milkica Baglama, Davor Baglama, Ivana Baglama, Bruno Baglama, Ivan Baglama, Mišo Baglama, Ivica Baglama, Ivanka Baglama, Ljubica Baglama, Boro Baglama, Anica Baglama, Đurđica Baglama, Goran Baglama, Petra Baglama, Nikola Baglama

Mentions in sources

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

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