Bauman families are Croats and they are mostly from Koprivnica. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Koprivnica.
Prevalence
About 140 people with faimily name Bauman live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 25 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Osijek (15), Sisak (15), Lukac in Virovitica area (10), and in Koprivnica (10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.