Surname Baća in modern Croatia

Baća families are Croats and they are mostly from Zapresic area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Slovenia.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Baća live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Zapresic (20), Senkovec in Zapresic area (<10), Zagreb (<10), Dubrovnik (<10), and in Broce on the Peljesac peninsula (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (6), Australia (2), and to Peru (1).
Family name Baća (including: Baca , Bacha , Bacca , Bazza , Bacsa , Bacia , Backa , Batscha , Bactha and Bazzha ) is present in 131 countries worldwide. The family name "Baca " is used by some 70000 people in the United States , about 70000 in Mexico , and some 50000 people in Peru. "Batscha " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Bacsa " is used by some 2000 people in the Philippines , about 1000 in Hungary , and some 90 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Robert Baća, Ivo Baća, Dario Baća, Mladen Baća, Željko Baća, Luce Baća, Ivana Baća, Fran Baća, Marija Baća, Vlatka Baća, Ante Baća, Mirela Baća, Anđelko Baća, Zlatko Baća, Ružica Baća, Marko Baća, Boris Baća, Nevenka Baća, Dragica Baća

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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