Surname Bosnić in modern Croatia

Bosnić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Korcula , also Serbs, very rarely Bosniaks (iz Drvara, bosanske Posavine). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Korcula and in Ogulin.

Prevalence

About 800 people with faimily name Bosnić live in Croatia today, in 360 households. There were 610 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 45 cities and 66 other places, mostly in Zagreb (135), Blato on the Island of Korcula (135), Split (95), Ogulin (30), and in Rijeka (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 20 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (11), Germany (4), the United States (2), Finland (1), Austria (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Bosnić (including: Bosnic , Bosnich , Bosnick and Boshnick ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. The family name "Bosnic " is used by some 500 people in Brazil , about 400 in Germany , and some 400 people in the United States. "Bosnich " is used by some 300 people in Brazil , about 100 in Australia , and some 100 people in the United States. "Bosnick " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Neven Bosnić, Sanja Bosnić, Petar Bosnić, Drago Bosnić, Meira Bosnić, Josip Bosnić, Leo Bosnić, Gordana Bosnić, Ante Bosnić, Marina Bosnić, Miša Bosnić, Vanja Bosnić, Dubravka Bosnić, Goran Bosnić, Ivan Bosnić, Nikola Bosnić, Darko Bosnić, Dalibor Bosnić, Igor Bosnić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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