Surname Bakar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bakar families are Croats (from Vrbovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovec area and in Bjelovar. In Tučenik in Vrbovec area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Bakar.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Bakar live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located and threee other Croatian places, mostly in Tucenik in Vrbovec area (<10), Predavec Krizevacki in Krizevci area (<10), Luzan (<5), Salajci in Vrbovec area (<5), and in Varazdin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bakar (including: Bakkar , Bakarr , Bakhar , Bhakhar , Bhakar , Backar , Bakaar , Bahkar and Bakarh ) is present in 110 countries worldwide. "Bakarr " is used by some 8000 people in Sierra Leone , about 70 in Gambia , and some 60 people in the United States. "Bhakar " is used by some 100 people in Pakistan , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Poland. "Baqar " is used by some 20000 people in Pakistan , about 100 in United Arab Emirates , and some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tratinčica Bakar, Zlatko Bakar, Željko Bakar, Ozren Bakar, Vesna Bakar, Plamen Bakar, Mario Bakar, Martina Bakar, Marko Bakar, Ana Bakar, Đurđica Bakar, Nada Bakar, Ivan Bakar, Miroslav Bakar, Ivanka Bakar, Danijel Bakar, Josip Bakar, Vladimir Bakar, Danica Bakar

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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