In Croatia, Božič families are mainly Croats (from Opatija area ), less frequently Slovenes (from Rovinj area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slovenia and in Rijeka.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Božič live in Croatia today, in 10 households. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Rijeka (<10), Zagreb (<5), Bale in Rovinj area (<5), Visnjevac (<5), and in Pula (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned about one hundred times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.