Surname Bajuk in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bajuk families are generally Croats (from Nin area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Podgorica, Montenegro ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Karlovac.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Bajuk live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Vir in Nin area (<10), Rijeka (<5), Zadar (<5), and in Slavonski Brod (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bajuk (including: Balyuk , Bayuk , Balyukh and Bayyuk ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Bajuk " is used by some 200 people in Argentina , about 100 in the United States , and some 70 people in Poland. "Bayuk " is used by some 700 people in Turkey , about 500 in the United States , and some 200 people in Ukraine. "Bayyuk " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Davor Bajuk, Josip Bajuk, Lidija Bajuk, Ivana Bajuk, Dalibor Bajuk, Damir Bajuk, Sanda Bajuk, Ivan Bajuk, Katica Bajuk, Igor Bajuk, Ljudmila Bajuk, Ljiljana Bajuk, Ankica Bajuk, Ervin Bajuk, Slaven Bajuk, Martin Bajuk, Henrik Bajuk, Katarina Bajuk, Jožef Bajuk

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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