Surname Bakaj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bakaj families are generally Croats (from Osijek ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Prijedor area) and in Osijek.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Bakaj live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Osijek (<10), Zagreb (<10), Grubisno Polje (<10), Bjelovar (<5), and in Borovo in Vukovar area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bakaj (including: Bakay , Bakai , Bacaj , Bakaly , Baqaj , Backay , Bakhaj , Backai and Bakkajj ) is present in 82 countries worldwide. The family name "Bakaj " is used by some 400 people in Poland , about 300 in Albania , and some 100 people in the United States. "Backay " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Bakhaj " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jovan Bakaj, Davor Bakaj, Sanja Bakaj, Damir Bakaj, Dario Bakaj, Branka Bakaj, Stjepan Bakaj, Ljiljana Bakaj, Petar Bakaj, Spomenka Bakaj, Antun Bakaj, Stevica Bakaj, Milka Bakaj, Slavko Bakaj, Srećko Bakaj, Zlatko Bakaj, Nevenka Bakaj, Radenko Bakaj, Stefanija Bakaj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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