Surname Boško in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Boško families are Croats (from the Island of Ugljan ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Ugljan and in Zadar.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Boško live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, four cities and 5 other places, mostly in Kukljica on the Island of Ugljan (20), Zagreb (<10), Zadar (<10), Rijeka (<5), and in Baska Voda in Makarska area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Boško (including: Bosko , Bosco , Boshko , Boszko , Boscio , Bossko , Boskko , Boscho , Boschko and Boscko ) is present in 125 countries worldwide. The family name "Bosko " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 700 in Russian Federation , and some 600 people in Indonesia. "Boshko " is used by some 300 people in Ukraine , about 100 in Russian Federation , and some 60 people in the United States. "Boszko " is used by some 600 people in Poland , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Boško, Marin Boško, Marko Boško, Darka Boško, Etna Boško, Ivan Boško, Jan Boško, Edison Boško, Lana Boško, Marinko Boško, Goran Boško, Ivica Boško, Denis Boško, Dragana Boško, Petar Boško, Marija Boško, Silvana Boško, Gorana Boško, Šime Boško

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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