Surname Babojelić in modern Croatia

Babojelić families are Croats and they are mostly from Samobor. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Samobor and Zagreb. In Jarušje in Samobor every second inhabitant had the family name Babojelić.

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Babojelić live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Samobor (45), Jarusje (45), Bregana (25), Zagreb (20), and in Antunovac (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Babojelić is present in two countries.

Characteristic first names

Milica Babojelić, Mirko Babojelić, Katica Babojelić, Zdravko Babojelić, Željko Babojelić, Sanja Babojelić, Ivica Babojelić, Marica Babojelić, Vilim Babojelić, Krunoslav Babojelić, Jasmina Babojelić, Zrinka Babojelić, Goran Babojelić, Verica Babojelić, Martina Babojelić, Milan Babojelić, Jadranka Babojelić, Miljenko Babojelić, Milenko Babojelić

Mentions in sources

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.

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