Surname Bajec in modern Croatia

Bajec families are Croats and they are mostly from Krizevci area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Pula. In Cirkvena in Krizevci area every fourtieth inhabitant had the family name Bajec.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Bajec live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Pula (15), Rijeka (<10), Turcin in Varazdin area (<10), Cirkvena in Krizevci area (<10), and in Matulji in Opatija area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bajec (including: Baiez , Bayez , Bajez and Bayech ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Bajec " is used by some 100 people in Germany , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in Egypt. "Bayez " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Baiez " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tine Bajec, Miroslav Bajec, Edo Bajec, Vesna Bajec, Željko Bajec, Lucija Bajec, Zorica Bajec, Alen Bajec, Mirko Bajec, Goran Bajec, Darko Bajec, Tatjana Bajec, Srećko Bajec, Tina Bajec, Andrej Bajec, Mihael Bajec, Igor Bajec, Dario Bajec, Elza Bajec

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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