Boljat families are Croats and they are mostly from Solin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Solin area. In Vučevica in Solin area every third inhabitant had the family name Boljat.
Prevalence
About 280 people with faimily name Boljat live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Split (90), Kastel Kambelovac (50), Zagreb (30), Kastel Stari (25), and in Vucevica in Solin area (25).
Outside Croatia
Family name Boljat is present in 9 countries on three continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1932 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.