Surname Bakica in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bakica families are Croats (from Trogir ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Trogir and Split.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Bakica live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and two other places, mostly in Trogir (40), Split (15), Nustar in Vinkovci area (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Primosten in Sibenik area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bakica (including: Bachicha , Bacica , Bakhicha and Bakiza ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. "Bacica " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 70 in Romania , and small number of people in Canada. "Bachicha " is used by some 700 people in the Philippines and about 500 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Petar Bakica, Tonči Bakica, Jadran Bakica, Pero Bakica, Ivan Bakica, Alen Bakica, Vali Bakica, Marija Bakica, Ana Bakica, Viktorija Bakica, Tvrtko Bakica, Ratko Bakica, Zosja Bakica, Mirjana Bakica, Dragica Bakica, Dolores Bakica, Nediljka Bakica, Joško Bakica, Anton Bakica

Mentions in sources

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

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