Surname Bogojević in modern Croatia

Bogojević families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Nova Gradiska area , whereas often Croats (from Pozega ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pozega and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 310 people with faimily name Bogojević live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 420 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 41 cities and 41 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Pozega (25), Bobota in Vukovar area (25), Osijek (15), and in Vukovar (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bogojević (including: Bogojevic , Bogojevich ) is present in 18 countries on three continents. The family name "Bogojevic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Austria , and small number in Germany. "Bogojevich " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Romana Bogojević, Dragan Bogojević, Smilja Bogojević, Miodrag Bogojević, Siniša Bogojević, Nenad Bogojević, Boško Bogojević, Branislav Bogojević, Damir Bogojević, Kata Bogojević, Slobodan Bogojević, Jasenka Bogojević, Slavko Bogojević, Suzana Bogojević, Milan Bogojević, Dragana Bogojević, Dražen Bogojević, Goran Bogojević, Borislav Bogojević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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