Surname Bajan in modern Croatia

Bajan families are Croats and they are mostly from Knin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Slavonski Brod.

Prevalence

About 280 people with faimily name Bajan live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Slavonski Brod (45), Kijevo in Knin area (40), Knin (35), and in Split (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bajan (including: Bayan , Bhajan , Bayhan , Balyan , Baian , Bhajjan , Bajjan , Bahjan and Bajhan ) is present in 96 countries worldwide. "Bhajjan " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Bayyan " is used by some 70 people in the United States. "Beian " is used by some 100 people in Romania , small number in Spain , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marija Bajan, Davor Bajan, Željko Bajan, Darko Bajan, Goran Bajan, Igor Bajan, Ante Bajan, Petar Bajan, Snježana Bajan, Marina Bajan, Sanja Bajan, Blanka Bajan, Ivan Bajan, Ana Bajan, Krešimir Bajan, Vedran Bajan, Martina Bajan, Draženka Bajan, Slavica Bajan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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