Bahunek families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin area and in Varazdin.
Prevalence
About 120 people with faimily name Bahunek live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Ljubescica in Varazdin area (30), Zagreb (15), Varazdinske Toplice (15), Krizevci (10), and in Pula (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.