Surname Bajat in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bajat families are mainly Croats (from the Island of Korcule ), less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and on the Island of Korcula. In Žrvanj in East Herzegovina every second inhabitant had the family name Bajat.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Bajat live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Vela Luka on the Island of Korcula (<10), Dubrovnik (<10), Knin (<5), Zadar (<5), and in Mlini in Dubrovnik area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bajat (including: Bayat , Bahjat , Baiat , Bayyat , Bhajat , Bayath , Baiath , Bajatha and Bajath ) is present in 70 countries worldwide. The family name "Bajat " is used by some 200 people in France , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Spain. "Bayatt " is used by few people in Mauritania and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Daniel Bajat, Mirela Bajat, Grozdana Bajat, Dario Bajat, Desimir Bajat, Slavko Bajat, Mirko Bajat, Miljenko Bajat, Ivan Bajat, Danilo Bajat, Fila Bajat, Ana Bajat, Milan Bajat, Anđa Bajat, Boriša Bajat, Jelka Bajat, Mitra Bajat, Slavojka Bajat, Gojko Bajat

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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