Surname Bočić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bočić families are generally Croats (from Karlovac ), very rarely Bosniaks (from Middle Bosnia ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Porec. In Tar in Porec every nintieth inhabitant had the family name Bočić.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Bočić live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are only located in threee Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Karlovac (<10), Vodostaj (<10), Vinkovci (<5), Tar (<5), and in Drvenik in Ploce area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bočić (including: Bocic , Bocas , Bocassi , Bocash , Bocich , Bhocic , Bochnick , Botschin , Bochwic and Bochich ) is present in 24 countries on four continents. The family name "Bocic " is used by few people in the United States. "Bocich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Bochich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Neven Bočić, Ivan Bočić, Svebor Bočić, Goran Bočić, Josip Bočić, Vedran Bočić, Biserka Bočić, Mario Bočić, Antun Bočić, Marina Bočić, Livio Bočić, Katica Bočić, Davor Bočić, Borna Bočić, Ana Bočić, Kata Bočić, Dalmira Bočić, Karlo Bočić, Daniela Bočić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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