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The baca Surname

baca Name Meaning and History

  1. Spanish: variant of Vaca.
  2. Croatian, Czech and Slovak (Baca); Polish; Hungarian (Bacsa); Romanian: occupational name from Romanian baciu ‘shepherd’. Many Romanians were shepherds. In the mountains of Croatia baca denotes a senior shepherd.
  3. Croatian (Baca): from baca, a pet name meaning ‘brother’.
  4. Hungarian: nickname from baca ‘simple-minded’ or ‘obstinate’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of baca Families in the US in 1920
Number of baca families
 351-700
 118-350
 1-117
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