Bažon 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 Pazin. In Radmani in Porec every fifth inhabitant had the family name Bažon.
Prevalence
About 150 people with faimily name Bažon live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Gracisce in Pazin area (25), Rijeka (20), Pazin (15), Radmani (<10), and in Potpican in Labin area (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.