Surname Bakšaj in modern Croatia

Bakšaj families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and Lepoglava.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Bakšaj live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Varazdin (35), Zagreb (30), Budinscina in Zlatar area (10), Ivankovo in Vinkovci area (10), and in Bjelovar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bakšaj (including: Baksai , Baksay , Bacsay , Bakshtay , Bakshray , Bakshai , Baksei , Bakhshay , Backsay and Baksaj ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. "Baksay " is used by some 400 people in Hungary , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Slovakia. "Bakshai " is used by few people in the United States. "Backsay " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Božena Bakšaj, Romano Bakšaj, Vlado Bakšaj, Zoran Bakšaj, Gabrijel Bakšaj, Ivan Bakšaj, Karmen Bakšaj, Stjepan Bakšaj, Ljiljana Bakšaj, Vladimir Bakšaj, Ladislav Bakšaj, Dražen Bakšaj, Željka Bakšaj, Tihomir Bakšaj, Drago Bakšaj, Andreja Bakšaj, Željko Bakšaj, Branko Bakšaj, Ljubica Bakšaj

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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