Surname Bakula in modern Croatia

Bakula families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Posusje area) and in Middle Bosnia (Zepce area). In Čalikovac in Middle Bosnia every third inhabitant had the family name Bakula.

Prevalence

About 550 people with faimily name Bakula live in Croatia today, in 230 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 39 cities and 50 other places, mostly in Zagreb (175), Sibenik (55), Sesvete (35), Split (30), and in Trogir (20).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (6), Sweden (2), the United States (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Bakula (including: Bacula , Bachula , Bakkula , Bacchula , Bakulla , Baakula , Bakkulla , Bhakula and Backula ) is present in 46 countries worldwide. The family name "Bakula " is used by some 1000 people in Democratic Republic of Congo , some 1000 people in Poland , and some 1000 people in the United States. "Backula " is used by few people in the United States. "Bacula " is used by some 500 people in the Philippines , about 200 in Romania , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Bakula, Andreja Bakula, Maja Bakula, Branko Bakula, Vinko Bakula, Miro Bakula, Marijana Bakula, Željko Bakula, Jasna Bakula, Slobodan Bakula, Špiro Bakula, Josip Bakula, Stipo Bakula, Michaela Bakula, Krešimir Bakula, Ante Bakula, Tomislav Bakula, Katarina Bakula, Lana Bakula

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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