Surname Blagojević in modern Croatia

Blagojević families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from middle Bosnia , whereas often Croats (from Donji Miholjac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Doboj, Bosnia (Doboj area). In Kupljensko in Duga Resa area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Blagojević.

Prevalence

About 760 people with faimily name Blagojević live in Croatia today, in 350 households. There were 460 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 66 cities and 89 other places, mostly in Zagreb (150), Rijeka (35), Vukovar (35), Pula (30), and in Dalj in Vinkovci area (30).

Outside Croatia

Family name Blagojević (including: Blagojevic , Blagojevich and Blagoyevich ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. The family name "Blagojevic " is used by some 300 people in Iraq , about 300 in the United States , and some 300 people in Germany. "Blagojevich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Blagoyevich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branko Blagojević, Gordan Blagojević, Ljiljana Blagojević, Mitar Blagojević, Dalibor Blagojević, Slavica Blagojević, Mirjana Blagojević, Veljko Blagojević, Marija Blagojević, Goran Blagojević, Mirko Blagojević, Katarina Blagojević, Igor Blagojević, Anita Blagojević, Sandra Blagojević, Radenko Blagojević, Mladen Blagojević, Bojan Blagojević, Ksenija Blagojević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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