Bakunić families are Croats and they are mostly from Nova Gradiska area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nova Gradiska and in Nova Gradiska area.
Prevalence
About 260 people with faimily name Bakunić live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Giletinci (55) and Cernik (40) in Nova Gradiska area, Nova Gradiska (30), Nasice (20), and in Podgorac in Nasice area (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Bakunić (including: Bakunic , Bakunich ) is present in five countries.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.