Surname Bodiš in modern Croatia

Bodiš families are Croats and they are mostly from Orahovica area. According to some sources they are from Djakovo area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Kutina.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Bodiš live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 18 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Kutina (15), Osijek (10), Brinjani (10), and in Nasice (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bodiš (including: Bódis , Bodis , Bodish , Bodisch , Bodys , Bodies , Boddis and Bodisha ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. The family name "Bodis " is used by some 300 people in Hungary , about 200 in the United States , and some 60 people in Germany. "Bodish " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Bodisch " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in South Africa , and small number of people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Branka Bodiš, Igor Bodiš, Viktor Bodiš, Ljerka Bodiš, Snježana Bodiš, Slavko Bodiš, Darko Bodiš, Goran Bodiš, Davorin Bodiš, Bruno Bodiš, Ivan Bodiš, Maja Bodiš, Antun Bodiš, Željko Bodiš, Aranka Bodiš, Mirela Bodiš, Danijela Bodiš, Josip Bodiš, Ines Bodiš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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