Surname Bojo in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bojo families are Croats (from Podrinje (Bosnia) ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Podrinje, Bosnia (Zvornik area) and in Middle Bosnia (Sarajevo area).

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Bojo live in Croatia today, in 7 households.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Zagreb (<10), Zadar (<5), Banski Kovacevac in Jastrebarsko area (<5), Golubic (<5), and in Demerje (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bojo (including: Bajo , Boyo , Boiero , Boyoh , Bojoh , Bhojoo , Bhojo , Boyoo and Boio ) is present in 116 countries worldwide. The family name "Bojo " is used by some 1000 people in the Philippines , about 300 in Mexico , and some 300 people in the United States. "Bojoh " is used by some 500 people in Indonesia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in the Netherlands. "Boiero " is used by some 1000 people in Argentina , about 100 in Italy , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Predrag Bojo, Mirjana Bojo, Stjepan Bojo, Jan Bojo, Smiljan Bojo, Pero Bojo, Marica Bojo, Bojan Bojo, Ivona Bojo, Robin Bojo, Nikola Bojo, Jelka Bojo, Mihovil Bojo, Jozo Bojo, Edvard Bojo, Ana Bojo, Anton Bojo, Zoran Bojo, Dragan Bojo

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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