Surname Bayer in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bayer families are generally Croats (from Pula area ), very rarely Serbs, and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Bayer live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and another small place , mostly in Zagreb (15), Osijek (<5), Varazdin (<5), Sisak (<5), and in Porec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bayer (including: Bhayer , Bayerh and Baayer ) is present in 113 countries worldwide. The family name "Bayer " is used by some 30000 people in Germany , about 10000 in the United States , and some 10000 people in Turkey. "Bhayer " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Kristijan Bayer, Zlatko Bayer, Arne Bayer, Želimir Bayer, Vladimir Bayer, Luka Bayer, Petar Bayer, Christoph Bayer, Magda Bayer, Alfred Bayer, Vesna Bayer, Vili Bayer, Željko Bayer, Iva Bayer, Zdenka Bayer, Dubravka Bayer, Rudolf Bayer, Josipa Bayer, Martina Bayer

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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