Surname Božo in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Božo families are Croats (from Bjelovar area ), barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Virovitica and Djurdjevac.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Božo live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Rijeka (<10), Zagreb (<10), Orovac in Bjelovar area (<10), Kalinovac in Djurdjevac area (<5), and in Virovitica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Božo (including: Bozo , Bozhko , Bozzo , Bozsó , Bozho , Bozzao , Bozso , Bozzio and Bozhno ) is present in 87 countries worldwide. "Bozso " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Desanka Božo, Smiljka Božo, Milan Božo, Dalibor Božo, Danijel Božo, Mario Božo, Marica Božo, Darko Božo, Lidija Božo, Damir Božo, Sanela Božo, Miroslav Božo, Slaven Božo, Ruža Božo, Ivo Božo, Drago Božo, Snježana Božo, Željko Božo, Jelena Božo

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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