Surname Bak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bak families are generally Croats (from Vinkovci ), very rarely Hungarians (from Osijek area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and in Osijek area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Bak live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and another small place , mostly in Vinkovci (<10), Sibenik (<5), Bilje in Osijek area (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Samobor (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Bak (including: Back , Baak , Bakh , Bahk , Bakk , Baakh , Bhak , Bhakh and Bakkh ) is present in 176 countries worldwide. "Back " is used by some 20000 people in Korea (South) , about 10000 in the United States , and some 10000 people in Brazil. "Bahk " is used by some 3000 people in Korea (South) , about 300 in the United States , and small number of people in Australia. "Bhak " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Maciej Bak, Elza Bak, Ivo Bak, Božena Bak, Senka Bak, Ivana Bak, Violeta Bak, Željko Bak, Vjera Bak, Antonija Bak, Anka Bak, Zoltan Bak, Gordana Bak, Luka Bak, Fabijan Bak, Anton Bak, Hanna Bak, Koloman Bak, Anđelija Bak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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