Surname Boli in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Boli families are predominantly Hungarians (from Osijek area ), rarely Croats (also from Osijek area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek area and in Beli Manastir area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Boli live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Bilje in Osijek area (<10), and in Karanac (<5), Batina (<5) and Grabovac (<5) in Beli Manastir area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Boli (including: Bolli , Bholi , Bohli , Bollie , Bolie , Bhooli , Bolih , Booli and Bolhi ) is present in 92 countries worldwide. "Bolie " is used by some 1000 people in Democratic Republic of Congo , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Booli " is used by few people in Burkina Faso , few people in Indonesia , and few people in the United States. "Bollie " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Namibia , and small number of people in Belgium.

Characteristic first names

Franjo Boli, Zoltan Boli, Savka Boli, Josip Boli, Ružica Boli, Ana Boli, Ilonka Boli, Ilona Boli, Ferenc Boli, Kornelija Boli, Jozsef Boli, Josipa Boli, Jožefa Boli

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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