Surname Bošnjaković in modern Croatia

Bošnjaković families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Nasice area , barely Bosniaks (Bosanska Posavina), and Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo and in Nasice area. In Seona in Nasice area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Bošnjaković.

Prevalence

About 1000 people with faimily name Bošnjaković live in Croatia today, in 430 households. There were 1100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 52 cities and 115 other places, mostly in Zagreb (100), Donja Moticina in Nasice area (80), Slavonski Brod (70), Djakovo (60), and in Nasice (50).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bošnjaković (including: Bosnjakovic , Bosniakovic ) is present in four countries on two continents. The family name "Bosnjakovic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Radivoje Bošnjaković, Dražen Bošnjaković, Stjepan Bošnjaković, Mladen Bošnjaković, Igor Bošnjaković, Nikola Bošnjaković, Josip Bošnjaković, Davor Bošnjaković, Domagoj Bošnjaković, Tajana Bošnjaković, Dalibor Bošnjaković, Miroslav Bošnjaković, Branko Bošnjaković, Katica Bošnjaković, Ivica Bošnjaković, Tomislav Bošnjaković, Momčilo Bošnjaković, Senad Bošnjaković, Mirjana Bošnjaković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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