Surname Bajo in modern Croatia

Bajo families are Croats and they are mostly from Opuzen area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Travnik area) and in Opuzen area.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Bajo live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than tripled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Metkovic (50), Zagreb (15), Split (10), Bijeli Vir in Opuzen area (10), and in Dubrovnik (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bajo (including: Bayo , Baio , Bayoh , Bhajo , Bajjo , Bajoo , Bhajjo , Bhajoo and Bajoh ) is present in 106 countries worldwide. "Bajjo " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Bajoo " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Balyo " is used by some 1000 people in Indonesia and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Alen Bajo, Mirko Bajo, Jure Bajo, Anto Bajo, Željko Bajo, Darija Bajo, Leona Bajo, Oliver Bajo, Ljudevit Bajo, Kata Bajo, Martina Bajo, Zdravka Bajo, Dijana Bajo, Ana Bajo, Niko Bajo, Denis Bajo, Stipe Bajo, Alexander Bajo, Jakša Bajo

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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