Surname Baćac in modern Croatia

Baćac families are Croats and they are mostly from Pazin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Labin. In places Kukurini and Pićan in Pazin area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Baćac.

Prevalence

About 270 people with faimily name Baćac live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 25 other places, mostly in Rijeka (35), Pula (30), Kukurini in Pazin area (25), Potpican in Labin area (15), and in Buzdohanj in Rijeka area (10).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Austria (1), France (1), Australia (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Baćac (including: Bazzaz , Bachrach , Bachraz , Bacaz , Bacac , Bachach , Bachac , Bachiaz and Bachbach ) is present in 42 countries worldwide. "Bacaz " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Bachrach " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 300 in Israel , and some 100 people in South Africa.

Characteristic first names

Robert Baćac, Nataša Baćac, Manuela Baćac, Dominik Baćac, Feručo Baćac, Nenad Baćac, Alen Baćac, Vesna Baćac, Emir Baćac, Valter Baćac, Boris Baćac, Mario Baćac, Siniša Baćac, Silvano Baćac, Marčelo Baćac, Kristijan Baćac, Tatjana Baćac, Nikola Baćac, Goran Baćac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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