In Croatia, Bađa families are Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area).
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Bađa live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Trpinja in Vukovar area (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1642 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.