Surname Bakša in modern Croatia

Bakša families are Croats and they are mostly from Pazin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Bakša live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Pula (30), Zagreb (15), Cepin in Osijek area (10), Koprivnica (10), and in Valpovo (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bakša (including: Baksa , Baksha , Bacsa , Bakhsha , Bakhsa , Bakshta , Bhaksha , Bakksha , Baksza and Bakshla ) is present in 47 countries worldwide. The family name "Baksa " is used by some 2000 people in Hungary , about 700 in the United States , and some 300 people in Slovakia. "Bacsa " is used by some 2000 people in the Philippines , about 1000 in Hungary , and some 90 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Krešimir Bakša, Snežana Bakša, Ivan Bakša, Drago Bakša, Franko Bakša, Darko Bakša, Željko Bakša, Snježana Bakša, Vedrana Bakša, Dean Bakša, Ivica Bakša, Nikolina Bakša, Davor Bakša, Edo Bakša, Tomislav Bakša, Sanja Bakša, Kate Bakša, Marica Bakša, Katica Bakša

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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