Surname Bah in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bah families are predominantly Croats (from Kastav ), rarely Slovenes (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Bah live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Zagreb (<10), Samobor (<5), and in Rubesi (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bah (including: Bach , Bacha , Bath , Baah , Bathe , Bachi , Bache , Bachu and Bahh ) is present in 172 countries worldwide. "Bach " is used by some 100000 people in Viet Nam , about 40000 in Germany , and some 20000 people in the United States. "Bath " is used by some 8000 people in the United States , about 4000 in South Africa , and some 4000 people in Australia. "Baah " is used by some 40000 people in Ghana , about 500 in Egypt , and some 500 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Igor Bah, Aleksandra Bah, Ljiljana Bah, Dario Bah, Štefanija Bah, Bogomila Bah, Elizabeta Bah, Zlatimir Bah, Antonio Bah, Ivan Bah, Katarina Bah, Adelina Bah, Bara Bah, Ernest Bah, Jasna Bah, Jože Bah, Radica Bah

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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