Surname Baica in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Baica families are Croats (from Sibenik ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Baica live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and another small place , mostly in Sibenik (25), Zagreb (15), Tisno on the Island of Murter (<10), Velika Gorica (<5), and in Djakovo (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Baica (including: Baiza , Baicha , Bahiza , Bahica , Baizah , Bayza , Baichha and Baieza ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Baica " is used by small number of people in Spain and small number in the United States. "Baiza " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Guatemala , and some 700 people in El Salvador. "Baieza " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Neven Baica, Zdravko Baica, Ivo Baica, Mirela Baica, Ana Baica, Vlatko Baica, Ive Baica, Zdenka Baica, Mladen Baica, Joško Baica, Branko Baica, Lidija Baica, Krešimir Baica, Tomislav Baica, Edi Baica, Paulina Baica, Silvana Baica, Davorka Baica, Suzana Baica

Mentions in sources

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

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