Bakač families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Osijek.
Prevalence
About 170 people with faimily name Bakač live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Zasadbreg in Cakovec area (20), Mursko Sredisce (15), Nasice (15), Split (<10), and in Cakovec (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.