Surname Božina in modern Croatia

Božina families are Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Zadar.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Božina live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 100 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Zadar (10), Donji Lepuri (10), Bruska (<10), and in Split (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Božina (including: Bozina , Bozhina , Bozshina , Bozhkina and Bozschina ) is present in 14 countries worldwide. The family name "Bozina " is used by some 700 people in Russian Federation , about 70 in Ukraine , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mario Božina, Lovre Božina, Ksenija Božina, Anja Božina, Frane Božina, Nada Božina, Silvana Božina, Tin Božina, Anamarija Božina, Slavko Božina, Pavao Božina, Irena Božina, Ljiljana Božina, Zdravko Božina, Renata Božina, Ivica Božina, Vinko Božina, Katarina Božina, Hrvoje Božina

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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