Surname Bojanić in modern Croatia

Bojanić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Hvar. According to some sources they are from Kupres area (Bosnia), often Serbs, very rarely Montenegrins (Niksic area). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb. In Vrisnik on the Island of Hvar every fifth inhabitant had the family name Bojanić.

Prevalence

About 660 people with faimily name Bojanić live in Croatia today, in 320 households. There were 1000 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 41 cities and 55 other places, mostly in Zagreb (120), Bijelo Brdo in Vinkovci area (105), Zagrovic (55), Split (50), and in Jelsa on the Island of Hvar (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 19 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (4), the United Kingdom (3), Austria (3), Switzerland (2), Germany (2), Australia (2), Canada (1), Chile (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Bojanić (including: Bojanich , Bojanic , Boyanich , Bayanych and Boyanych ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. The family name "Bojanic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Bolivia , and some 100 people in Germany. "Bojanich " is used by some 700 people in Argentina , about 60 in Peru , and small number of people in the United States. "Boyanich " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Igor Bojanić, Boris Bojanić, Davor Bojanić, Ivan Bojanić, Fani Bojanić, Ines Bojanić, Dalibor Bojanić, Branislav Bojanić, Nikola Bojanić, Natalia Bojanić, Tatjana Bojanić, Sunčica Bojanić, Milan Bojanić, Vjeko Bojanić, Antun Bojanić, Miko Bojanić, Marija Bojanić, Branko Bojanić, Hrvoje Bojanić

Mentions in sources

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

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