Surname Boch in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Boch families are Croats (from Zapresic area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zapresic area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Boch live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in two Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Rakov Potok (<5), Zapresic (<5), Gornji Laduc in Zapresic area (<5), and in Sesvete (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Boch (including: Bocchi , Bocchu , Bochhu , Booch , Bochha , Bochhe , Bocch , Bochch and Bozch ) is present in 59 countries worldwide. "Bozch " is used by few people in the United States. "Booch " is used by some 100 people in Germany , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States. "Boccher " is used by some 90 people in Italy , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Ghana.

Characteristic first names

Maja Boch, Zoran Boch, Teodor Boch, Ljuba Boch, Tomislav Boch, Mirko Boch, Alma Boch, Đurđa Boch, Branko Boch, Vjekoslav Boch, Iva Boch, Ružica Boch, Nataša Boch, Ivan Boch, Ana Boch, Dorotea Boch, Marija Boch, Blanka Boch, Zvonimir Boch

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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