Surname Bare in modern Croatia

Bare families are Croats and they are mostly from Knin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Zagreb. In Suknovci in Knin area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Bare.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Bare live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Vinkovci (10), Split (<10), Kastel Luksic (<10), and in Darda in Osijek area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bare (including: Barre , Bahre , Bareh , Baree , Baare , Barhe , Barreh , Barree and Bhare ) is present in 105 countries worldwide. The family name "Bare " is used by some 20000 people in the United States , about 5000 in Niger , and some 3000 people in Somalia. "Barre " is used by some 40000 people in Somalia , about 20000 in France , and some 3000 people in the United States. "Bareh " is used by some 700 people in Egypt , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Saudi Arabia.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Bare, Goran Bare, Anamarija Bare, Ivan Bare, Dalibor Bare, Boris Bare, Joško Bare, Darko Bare, Marina Bare, Marko Bare, Branimir Bare, Vlatka Bare, Ružica Bare, Jasna Bare, Jagoda Bare, Matko Bare, Aleksandra Bare, Denis Bare, Anita Bare

Mentions in sources

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

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