Surname Barać in modern Croatia

Barać families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Sinj , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and in Western Bosnia (Livno area). In Bila in Middle Bosnia every fourth inhabitant had the family name Barać.

Prevalence

About 1700 people with faimily name Barać live in Croatia today, in 700 households. There were 780 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 61 cities and 127 other places, mostly in Zagreb (260), Split (195), Sinj (190), Bajagic (95), and in Osijek (60).

Outside Croatia

At least 27 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (12), Australia (4), Argentina (3), Austria (2), Canada (2), Switzerland (1), France (1), the United States (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Barać (including: Barac , Barach , Baracho , Barack , Barache , Baracz , Baracs , Baraci , Barachy and Barachi ) is present in 83 countries worldwide. "Barach " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 500 in Sudan , and some 100 people in France. "Baracz " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 70 in Poland , and small number of people in Australia. "Baracho " is used by some 7000 people in Brazil , about 90 in Portugal , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Goran Barać, Stipan Barać, Zdravko Barać, Josip Barać, Suzana Barać, Biserka Barać, Miroslav Barać, Marija Barać, Mirko Barać, Ana Barać, Boris Barać, Kata Barać, Marela Barać, Milanko Barać, Zvonimir Barać, Robert Barać, Stipe Barać, Draško Barać, Mario Barać

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over seventy times, the first time 1786 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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