Surname Bočina in modern Croatia

Bočina families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Sinj area. In Gornje Ogorje in Sinj area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Bočina.

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Bočina live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Split (115), Jakovlje in Zapresic area (10), Zagreb (10), Solin (10), and in Zabno (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bočina (including: Bocina , Bochina , Bochkina , Bochenina , Bochinina , Bocharina , Bochurina , Bocchina , Bochhina and Bocherina ) is present in 18 countries on four continents. The family name "Bocina " is used by some 200 people in Italy , about 90 in the United States , and small number of people in France.

Characteristic first names

Krešo Bočina, Đurđica Bočina, Ivana Bočina, Željko Bočina, Ivan Bočina, Ante Bočina, Tomislav Bočina, Jure Bočina, Ivica Bočina, Sandra Bočina, Zrinka Bočina, Boris Bočina, Snježana Bočina, Denis Bočina, Milan Bočina, Tanja Bočina, Marijo Bočina, Neda Bočina, Anka Bočina

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1571 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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