Surname Bajs in modern Croatia

Bajs families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zlatar area.

Prevalence

About 350 people with faimily name Bajs live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 440 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 48 other places, mostly in Zagreb (85), Selnica in Zlatar area (35), Varazdin (15), Cret Bizovacki in Valpovo area (15), and in Osijek (15).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Germany (1).
Family name Bajs (including: Bais , Bays , Balys , Balysh , Bayys , Baiss , Baysh , Bajcz and Bayss ) is present in 91 countries worldwide. "Bays " is used by some 7000 people in the United States , about 500 in Brazil , and some 300 people in Switzerland. "Baiss " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Morocco , and small number of people in Great Britain. "Bajcz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Bajs, Damir Bajs, Dražen Bajs, Robert Bajs, Davor Bajs, Miroslav Bajs, Marinko Bajs, Igor Bajs, Vesna Bajs, Anita Bajs, Željko Bajs, Dalibor Bajs, Ljiljana Bajs, Darko Bajs, Zvonimir Bajs, Gordana Bajs, Marina Bajs, Perica Bajs, Zlatko Bajs

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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