Surname Bona in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bona families are Croats (from Dubrovnik ).

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Bona live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Zagreb (<5) and Dubrovnik (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bona (including: Bonna , Bonnah , Bonah , Bhona , Bohna , Boona , Boonna , Bonaa and Bonha ) is present in 112 countries worldwide. "Bonah " is used by some 900 people in Ghana , about 90 in Liberia , and small number of people in the United States. "Bonha " is used by few people in the United States. "Bohna " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Bona, Giovanni Bona, Miho Bona, Rene Bona, Adriana Bona, Mihael Bona, Katarina Bona, Margita Bona, Biserka Bona, Ivana Bona, Olga Bona, Ernesta Bona, Ivo Bona, Marta Bona, Adelaide Bona, Jelica Bona, Luka Bona, Luko Bona, Marica Bona

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1642 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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