Surname Bahun in modern Croatia

Bahun families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area (Donja Voca). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec area and in Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 300 people with faimily name Bahun live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 350 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 32 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Varazdin (25), Bedenec (25), and in Donje Ladanje (15) and Biljevec (15) in Ivanec area.

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (2) and Canada (1).
Family name Bahun (including: Bachrun , Bachun , Bathun , Baachun , Bachlun and Bhahun ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Bahun " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 60 in Indonesia , and small number of people in Namibia.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Bahun, Zlatko Bahun, Vjekoslav Bahun, Stjepan Bahun, Nataša Bahun, Dubravko Bahun, Ana Bahun, Božidarka Bahun, Neven Bahun, Julijana Bahun, Slavko Bahun, Slađana Bahun, Saša Bahun, Vladimir Bahun, Vesna Bahun, Karolina Bahun, Miljenko Bahun, Božena Bahun, Mladen Bahun

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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