Surname Božiček in modern Croatia

Božiček families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Lepoglava area.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Božiček live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 25 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Voloder in Kutina area (15), Nasice (10), Sesvete (<10), and in Brestovec Orehovicki in Lepoglava area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Božiček is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Božiček, Željko Božiček, Stjepan Božiček, Zvonko Božiček, Lidija Božiček, Marijana Božiček, Seada Božiček, Božica Božiček, Ivan Božiček, Martina Božiček, Saša Božiček, Maja Božiček, Sandra Božiček, Dušanka Božiček, Boris Božiček, Zoran Božiček, Arijana Božiček, Krešimir Božiček, Goran Božiček

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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