Surname Borojević in modern Croatia

Borojević families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Hrvatska Kostajnica area , whereas often Croats (Brac). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Hrvatska Kostajnica area and in Zagreb. In places Borojevići and Knezovljani in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every third inhabitant had the family name Borojević.

Prevalence

About 710 people with faimily name Borojević live in Croatia today, in 330 households. There were 1100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 43 cities and 77 other places, mostly in Zagreb (110), Sumartin on the Island of Brac (55), Kastel Sucurac (45), Sisak (40), and in Split (35).

Outside Croatia

At least ten families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (3), the United States (2), Germany (2), Australia (1), the United Kingdom (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Borojević (including: Borojevic , Borojevich and Boroyevich ) is present in 18 countries on four continents. The family name "Borojevic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 90 in Germany , and small number of people in Canada. "Borojevich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Slavko Borojević, Damir Borojević, Dijana Borojević, Saša Borojević, Goran Borojević, Jovo Borojević, Gordana Borojević, Mladen Borojević, Nikola Borojević, Duško Borojević, Miroslava Borojević, Helena Borojević, Neven Borojević, Nebojša Borojević, Davor Borojević, Miloš Borojević, Miodrag Borojević, Paulina Borojević, Miroslav Borojević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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