Surname Bari in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bari families are Croats (from Orahovica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Orahovica area. In Rajino Polje in Orahovica area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Bari.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Bari live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only two Croatian places: in Cacinci (<5) and Rajino Polje (<5) in Orahovica area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Bari (including: Bahri , Barri , Bhari , Barie , Barhi , Baari , Barih , Baeri and Barii ) is present in 182 countries worldwide. "Barie " is used by some 900 people in the United States , about 500 in Tanzania , and some 400 people in Ethiopia. "Barrie " is used by some 50000 people in Sierra Leone , about 5000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Canada. "Baheri " is used by some 3000 people in Iran , about 200 in Indonesia , and some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jasna Bari, Mario Bari, Milan Bari, Giuseppe Bari, Anka Bari, Milka Bari, Stjepan Bari, Ana Bari, Giusto Bari, Marija Bari, Karlo Bari, Albina Bari, Emilio Bari, Giuseppa Bari, Imro Bari, Ivan Bari, Jelka Bari, Josip Bari, Luciano Bari

Mentions in sources

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

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