Surname Bakanj in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Bakanj live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are only located in in one Croatian city and another small place , mostly in Koprivnica (<5) and Sokolovac in Koprivnica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bakanj (including: Bakani , Bacany , Bakany and Bhakany ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. "Bacany " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Bakanj, Miroslav Bakanj, Jasenka Bakanj, Maja Bakanj, Josip Bakanj, Marija Bakanj, Ivica Bakanj, Jasna Bakanj, Ljubica Bakanj, Stevo Bakanj

Mentions in sources

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

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