Surname Božić in modern Croatia

Božić families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Cazinske krajine. According to some sources they are from Unesica, Livna, Tomislavgrad (Bosnia) and from Cetinske krajine, rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Split. In Čvrljevo in Drnis area every third inhabitant had the family name Božić.

Prevalence

About 7600 people with faimily name Božić live in Croatia today, in 3200 households. There were 5700 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 111 cities and 682 other places, mostly in Zagreb (1155), Split (390), Rijeka (285), Vinkovci (225), and in Pula (160).

Outside Croatia

At least 128 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (41), Australia (23), the United States (17), Switzerland (14), Austria (12), France (7), Canada (5), Sweden (4), Argentina (2), Finland (1), Norway (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Božić (including: Bozic , Bozich , Bozhich , Bozick , Bozych , Bozhic and Bozzick ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. The family name "Bozic " is used by some 700 people in the United States , about 600 in Germany , and some 200 people in Austria. "Bozich " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Argentina. "Bozick " is used by some 400 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Milan Božić, Hrvojka Božić, Pero Božić, Miroslav Božić, Ljubomir Božić, Dražen Božić, Mira Božić, Gordana Božić, Dubravko Božić, Milorad Božić, Matko Božić, Damir Božić, Ratko Božić, Vedran Božić, Nino Božić, Branko Božić, Krunoslav Božić, Aleksandar Božić, Ivo Božić

Mentions in sources

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

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