Surname Bodonji in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bodonji families are predominantly Croats (from Djakovo area ), rarely Hungarians (from Djakovo ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo and in Djakovo area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Bodonji live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Satnica Djakovacka in Djakovo area (<10), Ivanovci Gorjanski (<5), Djakovo (<5), and in Ladimirevci (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bodonji is present in 12 countries on four continents. "Bodonyi " is used by some 300 people in Hungary , about 70 in Japan , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Bodonji, Damir Bodonji, Franjo Bodonji, Mijo Bodonji, Ivan Bodonji, Marija Bodonji, Evica Bodonji, Jelica Bodonji, Mira Bodonji, Klara Bodonji, Sara Bodonji, Josip Bodonji, Adam Bodonji, Antun Bodonji, Eva Bodonji, Ilija Bodonji, Kata Bodonji, Katica Bodonji, Mišo Bodonji

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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