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Surname Bastaja in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Bastaja families are mainly Croats (from Slunj ), equally Serbs, and barely Poles. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Sisak.
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Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Bastaja live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Rijeka (<10), Slunj (<10), Karlovac (<10), Vukovar (<10), and in Lovran in Opatija area (<10).
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Outside Croatia
At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Australia (2), and to Austria (1).
Family name Bastaja is present in 6 countries on three continents. The family name "Bastaja " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Australia.
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Characteristic first names
Zdenka Bastaja,
Petra Bastaja,
Zlatko Bastaja,
Mirko Bastaja,
Željka Bastaja,
Dragan Bastaja,
Marija Bastaja,
Biljana Bastaja,
Branko Bastaja,
Gordana Bastaja,
Ranko Bastaja,
Marijana Bastaja,
Terezija Bastaja,
Nenad Bastaja,
Danijel Bastaja,
Branka Bastaja,
Ilija Bastaja,
Dragica Bastaja,
Božica Bastaja
