Surname Bakai in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bakai families are Hungarians by relative majority (from Osijek area ), less frequently Croats (also from Osijek area ), and rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Banat, Vojvodina.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Bakai live in Croatia today, in 7 households.
They are located in two Croatian counties, two cities and two other places, mostly in Darda in Osijek area (<10), Osijek (<10), Cakovec (<5), and in Strahoninec in Cakovec area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bakai (including: Baqai , Bakay , Bakhai , Bakkai , Bacai , Bakahi , Backai , Bhakai and Bakaie ) is present in 86 countries worldwide. "Baqai " is used by some 10000 people in Pakistan , about 300 in Saudi Arabia , and some 300 people in the United States. "Bachai " is used by small number of people in Russian Federation , small number in Guyana , and small number of people in the United States. "Backay " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Šandor Bakai, Ferenc Bakai, Danijela Bakai, Jasminka Bakai, Laslo Bakai, Eržika Bakai, Vjeran Bakai, Ištvan Bakai, Mladenka Bakai, Nevenka Bakai, Snežana Bakai, Zoltan Bakai, Tomislav Bakai, Eržebet Bakai, Marija Bakai, Tanja Bakai, Sandra Bakai, Tatjana Bakai, Andrijana Bakai

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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