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Surname Bakija in modern Croatia
Bakija families are generally Croats and they are mostly from Biograd na Moru area. According to some sources they are from Lake Skadarsko area, rarely Albanians and Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and in Biograd na moru area.
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Prevalence
About 190 people with faimily name Bakija live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Pakostane in Biograd na moru area (75), Zagreb (25), Zadar (20), Cres on the Island of Cres (20), and in Split (10).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Bakija (including: Bakieva , Bakieka , Bakiera , Bakiya , Bakhiya , Bhakhija , Bakhijah , Bhakija and Backiya ) is present in 42 countries worldwide.
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Characteristic first names
Katarina Bakija,
Katja Bakija,
Ivana Bakija,
Nikola Bakija,
Vinko Bakija,
Branko Bakija,
Sand Bakija,
Vice Bakija,
Antun Bakija,
Eni Bakija,
Ivica Bakija,
Ivan Bakija,
Sanko Bakija,
Tomislav Bakija,
Mirna Bakija,
Dario Bakija,
Biserka Bakija,
Marijana Bakija,
Dubravka Bakija
