Surname Baksa in modern Croatia

Baksa families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec area and in Cakovec.

Prevalence

About 470 people with faimily name Baksa live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 51 other places, mostly in Cakovec (90), Zagreb (70), and in Belica (65), Gardinovec (45) and Gorican (30) in Cakovec area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Baksa (including: Bacsa , Baxa , Bakhsha , Baksha , Baxha , Bakhsa , Bhaksha , Bakksha and Baksza ) is present in 58 countries worldwide. The family name "Baksa " is used by some 2000 people in Hungary , about 700 in the United States , and some 300 people in Slovakia. "Bacsa " is used by some 2000 people in the Philippines , about 1000 in Hungary , and some 90 people in the United States. "Baxa " is used by some 900 people in the United States , about 600 in Czech Republic , and some 500 people in the Philippines.

Characteristic first names

Sarajko Baksa, Igor Baksa, Branka Baksa, Vesna Baksa, Maja Baksa, Samuel Baksa, Tomislav Baksa, Adriano Baksa, Dubravka Baksa, Ivan Baksa, Snježana Baksa, Ines Baksa, Nenad Baksa, Marijan Baksa, Lidija Baksa, Katarina Baksa, Edo Baksa, Vlado Baksa, Aleksandar Baksa

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1673 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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