Surname Basara in modern Croatia

Basara families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Duga Resa area , whereas often Croats (from Karlovac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and in Duga Resa area. In Slunjski Moravci in Karlovac every fourth inhabitant had the family name Basara.

Prevalence

About 260 people with faimily name Basara live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 26 other places, mostly in Karlovac (50), Zagreb (35), Slavonski Brod (30), Vojnic in Duga Resa area (15), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (3) and Australia (2).
Family name Basara (including: Başara , Basarah , Bashara , Bassara , Bhasara , Basharrah , Basahera and Baczara ) is present in 51 countries worldwide. The family name "Basara " is used by some 1000 people in Turkey , about 500 in the United States , and some 300 people in Indonesia. "Bashara " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 200 in Tanzania , and some 60 people in Russian Federation. "Basharrah " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Radoslav Basara, Maša Basara, Miloš Basara, Ljuban Basara, Dražen Basara, Dragan Basara, Ivana Basara, Dragomir Basara, Jovana Basara, Ljubomir Basara, Jasmin Basara, Damir Basara, Danica Basara, Izeta Basara, Bojan Basara, Marija Basara, Irena Basara, Mirna Basara, Svjetlana Basara

Mentions in sources

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.

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