Surname Bajić in modern Croatia

Bajić families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina and according to some sources from Imotske krajine , less frequently Serbs and Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Bosanian Posavina (Modrica area). In Vojnić Sinjski in Sinj area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Bajić.

Prevalence

About 1700 people with faimily name Bajić live in Croatia today, in 780 households. There were 1200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 73 cities and 175 other places, mostly in Split (295), Zagreb (220), Vojnic Sinjski in Sinj area (135), Rijeka (50), and in Donji Prolozac in Imotski area (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 47 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (13), the United States (10), Switzerland (6), Canada (5), Australia (4), the Netherlands (2), the United Kingdom (2), Sweden (2), Austria (1), France (1), and to Belgium (1).
Family name Bajić (including: Bajic , Bajich and Bayich ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. The family name "Bajic " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and some 100 people in Uganda. "Bajich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Bayich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Bajić, Mario Bajić, Mladen Bajić, Branko Bajić, Miloš Bajić, Miroslav Bajić, Davor Bajić, Mihael Bajić, Juro Bajić, Milivoj Bajić, Žarko Bajić, Vesna Bajić, Darinka Bajić, Dražen Bajić, Tončika Bajić, Katica Bajić, Matija Bajić, Tomislav Bajić, Ivan Bajić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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