Surname Božović in modern Croatia

Božović families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Dubrovnik , often Montenegrins (from Savnik, Montenegro ) and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Dubrovnik.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Božović live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 26 other places, mostly in Zagreb (50), Rijeka (10), Varazdin (10), Dubrovnik (<10), and in Pula (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Božović (including: Bozovich , Bozovic , Bozhovic and Bozowicz ) is present in 12 countries on four continents. The family name "Bozovic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 60 in France , and small number of people in Canada. "Bozovich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 70 in Peru , and small number of people in Argentina. "Bozowicz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Božović, Bojana Božović, Aleksandar Božović, Baldo Božović, Miroljub Božović, Dejan Božović, Mina Božović, Velibor Božović, Dalibor Božović, Boško Božović, Snježana Božović, Goran Božović, Nikica Božović, Sanja Božović, Mladen Božović, Saša Božović, Iva Božović, Željka Božović, Marija Božović

Mentions in sources

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

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