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Surname Božac in modern Croatia
Božac families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Pula. According to some sources they are from Zminj area (Istria), barely Italians (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Rovinj. In Cukrići in Labin area every third inhabitant had the family name Božac.
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Prevalence
About 410 people with faimily name Božac live in Croatia today, in 170 households. There were 420 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 35 other places, mostly in Pula (180), Rovinj (25), and in Zminj (25), Cere (25) and Bencici (15) in Pazin area.
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Outside Croatia
At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Sweden (2), Austria (1), Germany (1), Argentina (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Božac is present in 13 countries on four continents.
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Characteristic first names
Darija Božac,
Mario Božac,
Romano Božac,
Gianfranko Božac,
Smiljana Božac,
Robert Božac,
Igor Božac,
Branko Božac,
Mladen Božac,
Vilijam Božac,
Đanfranko Božac,
Ingrid Božac,
Anton Božac,
Zlatko Božac,
Patricia Božac,
Leri Božac,
Bruna Božac,
Zdenka Božac,
Danijel Božac
