Surname Bajević in modern Croatia

Bajević families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Bjelovar area , also Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar area and in Garesnica. In Lasovac Brdo in Bjelovar area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Bajević.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Bajević live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Bjelovar (15), Garesnica (15), Bulinac in Bjelovar area (<10), and in Novska (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bajević (including: Bajevic , Bajewicz , Bayevich , Balyevich and Bayewich ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. "Bayevich " is used by few people in the United States. "Bajewicz " is used by small number of people in Poland and small number in the United States. "Bayewich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Bajević, Zlata Bajević, Damir Bajević, Dalibor Bajević, Ljiljana Bajević, Ivka Bajević, Goran Bajević, Ružica Bajević, Ozrenka Bajević, Dražen Bajević, Valentina Bajević, Đuro Bajević, Ivica Bajević, Antun Bajević, Mario Bajević, Marija Bajević, Spomenko Bajević, Jugoslav Bajević, Đurđica Bajević

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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