In Croatia, Bodakoš families are Croats (from Nasice area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo and in Nasice area.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Bodakoš live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and two other places, mostly in Djakovo (10), Osijek (<10), Koska in Nasice area (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Zapresic (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Bodakoš is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.