Frequency: (122)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Bosnian (Bašić): patronymic from baša ‘senior’, ‘headman’, from Turkish baş ‘head’. Baša was used as a title for a distinguished Muslim in the Ottoman Empire who was not an aga or a bey.
GIVEN NAMES: Muslim 12%; South Slavic 10%. Suad (2), Damir, Fuad, Halil, Haris, Mohamed, Muharem, Nihad, Rasim, Safet; Dunja, Frane, Marijan, Natasa, Stjepan, Zlatan.
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