Surname Boršo in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Boršo families are Croats (from Daruvar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Daruvar.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Boršo live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 90 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Sesvete (<5), Koprivnica (<5), Kraljevica (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Boršo (including: Borso , Borschov , Borschow , Borsho and Borschoff ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. The family name "Borso " is used by some 700 people in Italy , about 300 in the United States , and some 300 people in Hungary. "Borschow " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Puerto Rico.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Boršo, Ivan Boršo, Gordana Boršo, Ivanka Boršo, Tihomir Boršo, Maja Boršo, Tomislav Boršo, Niki Boršo, Darko Boršo, Vlatka Boršo, Marijan Boršo, Krsto Boršo, Nada Boršo, Jasminka Boršo, Vesna Boršo, Kristijan Boršo, Sebastijan Boršo, Ružena Boršo, Branko Boršo

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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