Surname Bais in modern Croatia

Bais families are Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Ludbreg area.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Bais live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Varazdin (25), Imbriovec Jalzabetski in Ludbreg area (10), Zadar (<10), Martinusevec in Cakovec area (<10), and in Mackovec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bais (including: Bays , Baies , Baish , Bhais , Baiers , Baiss , Bahis , Bahish and Baiis ) is present in 89 countries worldwide. "Baiss " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Morocco , and small number of people in Great Britain. "Baish " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Nepal , and some 100 people in Indonesia. "Bahis " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Bais, Damir Bais, Božidar Bais, Marina Bais, Dragutin Bais, Katarina Bais, Slavica Bais, Krešimir Bais, Marko Bais, Tomislav Bais, Marijana Bais, Ana Bais, Ivana Bais, Zvonko Bais, Barbara Bais, Nikola Bais, Jurica Bais, Miroslav Bais, Franjo Bais

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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