Surname Bakić in modern Croatia

Bakić families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Novigrada , less frequently Serbs and Montenegrins. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Split. In Gizdavac in Sinj area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Bakić.

Prevalence

About 1100 people with faimily name Bakić live in Croatia today, in 520 households. There were 1100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 62 cities and 87 other places, mostly in Zagreb (170), Split (150), Kosute in Sinj area (65), Paljuv in Novigrad Area in Dalmatia (60), and in Rijeka (45).

Outside Croatia

At least 27 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (10), the United States (3), Australia (3), Austria (3), France (2), Canada (2), Switzerland (2), Argentina (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Bakić (including: Bacic , Bakici , Bakich , Bakic , Bacich , Backic , Bakkich , Bakhicha , Bakitsch and Backich ) is present in 61 countries worldwide. The family name "Bakic " is used by some 200 people in Cuba , about 200 in Germany , and some 80 people in the United States. "Bakich " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 70 in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Canada. "Backich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jakov Bakić, Nenad Bakić, Stanko Bakić, Vjera Bakić, Ljubomir Bakić, Violeta Bakić, Damir Bakić, Darko Bakić, Miljan Bakić, Jasminka Bakić, Ivan Bakić, Ante Bakić, Krešimir Bakić, Marijan Bakić, Ilija Bakić, Goran Bakić, Darijo Bakić, Mihael Bakić, Ina Bakić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over a hundred times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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