Surname Bakiš in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bakiš families are Croats by relative majority (from Karlovac ), equally Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Karlovac. In Jasnić Brdo in Duga Resa area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Bakiš.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Bakiš live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Pula (<5), Karlovac (<5), Sesvete (<5), and in Samobor (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bakiš (including: Bakis , Bakish , Backis , Bakies , Bakkies , Bakkis , Bakisha , Bakhis , Bakiesh and Backiss ) is present in 57 countries worldwide. The family name "Bakis " is used by some 2000 people in Turkey , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Greece. "Bakies " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Backis " is used by some 300 people in Lithuania , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Robert Bakiš, Branko Bakiš, Marina Bakiš, Željko Bakiš, Slavica Bakiš, Ana Bakiš, Mira Bakiš, Nikola Bakiš, Dario Bakiš, Zdenko Bakiš, Ivica Bakiš, Žarko Bakiš, Radoslava Bakiš, Jovan Bakiš, Dragica Bakiš, Milka Bakiš, Čedomir Bakiš, Đorđe Bakiš, Veronika Bakiš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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