Surname Baković in modern Croatia

Baković families are Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Krajina. According to some sources they are from Rama (north Herzegovina). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Mrkonjic Grad area) and in Split. In Mokronoge in Western Bosnia nearly every inhabitant had the family name Baković.

Prevalence

About 1700 people with faimily name Baković live in Croatia today, in 650 households. There were 560 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 65 cities and 126 other places, mostly in Zagreb (305), Split (280), Banjevci in Benkovac area (80), Rijeka (75), and in Zadar (45).

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (4), Switzerland (4), France (1), the United States (1), Austria (1), Germany (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Baković (including: Bakovic , Backovic , Bakovich , Bacovic , Bakowicz , Bacovich , Backovich , Bakovych , Bakhovich and Bachovich ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. "Backovich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Bakowicz " is used by some 500 people in Poland , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Brazil , small number of people in Germany. "Bacovic " is used by some 100 people in Chile , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Czech Republic.

Characteristic first names

Tonko Baković, Ile Baković, Anica Baković, Martina Baković, Stanko Baković, Snježana Baković, Ante Baković, Miljenko Baković, Lidija Baković, Goran Baković, Ivica Baković, Anto Baković, Miško Baković, Dejan Baković, Ivan Baković, Mirko Baković, Krešimir Baković, Emilija Baković, Maja Baković

Mentions in sources

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

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