Bakliža families are Croats and they are mostly from Zabok area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Krapina and in Zabok area.
Prevalence
About 80 people with faimily name Bakliža live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are only located in threee Croatian cities and 10 other places, mostly in Dukovec (25) and Galovec Zacretski (15) in Zabok area, Zagreb (15), Sveti Kriz Zacretje in Zabok area (10), and in Varazdin (<10).
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.