Surname Bojić in modern Croatia

Bojić families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Trogir area. According to some sources they are from Posusja (Rakitno) and from Olovo (Bosnia), less frequently they can be Serbs, and Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Middle Bosnia (Kakanj area). In Ćatići in Bosanian Posavina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Bojić.

Prevalence

About 680 people with faimily name Bojić live in Croatia today, in 310 households. There were 370 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 49 cities and 84 other places, mostly in Zagreb (155), Split (105), Trogir (35), Rijeka (30), and in Prapatnica in Trogir area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (3), Switzerland (2), the United States (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Bojić (including: Bojic , Bajic , Boyich , Bajich , Bojich , Boyic and Bayich ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. The family name "Bojic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 100 in Germany , and some 90 people in Russian Federation. "Boyich " is used by small number of people in Russian Federation and small number in the United States. "Boyic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Lovro Bojić, Petar Bojić, Davor Bojić, Mirna Bojić, Anto Bojić, Dragan Bojić, Jovan Bojić, Srećko Bojić, Ljiljana Bojić, Miroslav Bojić, Marija Bojić, Karmenka Bojić, Željko Bojić, Dragica Bojić, Emil Bojić, Željka Bojić, Predrag Bojić, Antun Bojić, Damira Bojić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1710 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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