Surname Bojović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bojović families are mainly Croats (from Ilok area ), rarely Serbs, and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Sisak.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Bojović live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Split (<10), Pula (<10), Breznica Nasicka in Nasice area (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bojović (including: Bojovic , Boyovich , Bojovich , Bajovich , Boyowitsch and Bajovic ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Bojovic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Germany , and some 90 people in Thailand. "Boyovich " is used by some 80 people in the United States. "Bajovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Gjuro Bojović, Marko Bojović, Dragoje Bojović, Sanja Bojović, Irina Bojović, Boris Bojović, Mirna Bojović, Bogdan Bojović, Viktor Bojović, Mirko Bojović, Željko Bojović, Momir Bojović, Damir Bojović, Edo Bojović, Zlata Bojović, Uroš Bojović, Branko Bojović, Milanka Bojović, Aleksandra Bojović

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1925 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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