Surname Bakalić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bakalić families are Croats (from Makarska area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Makarska area and in Dubrovnik.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Bakalić live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 0 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and four other places, mostly in Igrane in Makarska area (15), Split (10), and in Orebic (<10), Trpanj (<5) and Gornja Vrucica (<5) on the Peljesac peninsula.

Outside Croatia

Family name Bakalić (including: Bakalic , Bakalich , Backalic and Backalich ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. "Bakalich " is used by small number of people in New Zealand , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia. "Backalich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Baldo Bakalić, Desanka Bakalić, Vana Bakalić, Ivo Bakalić, Vjekoslav Bakalić, Arijana Bakalić, Antonio Bakalić, Kata Bakalić, Jelena Bakalić, Kaja Bakalić, Ljubica Bakalić, Ivan Bakalić, Miho Bakalić, Ante Bakalić, Mate Bakalić, Andrijana Bakalić, Željko Bakalić, Frano Bakalić, Davor Bakalić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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