Surname Došen in modern Croatia

Došen families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Pag area. According to some sources they are from Dosen Dabra, rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Gospic and Zagreb. In Došen Dabar in Pag area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Došen.

Prevalence

About 1400 people with faimily name Došen live in Croatia today, in 610 households. There were 1300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 66 cities and 128 other places, mostly in Zagreb (260), Rijeka (115), Gospic (65), Osijek (45), and in Bjelovar (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 33 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (8), Germany (7), France (6), the United States (4), Canada (4), the United Kingdom (3), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Došen (including: Dosen , Dossen and Doshen ) is present in 17 countries worldwide. The family name "Dosen " is used by some 500 people in the United States and small number in France. "Doshen " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Jordan. "Dossen " is used by some 1000 people in Liberia , about 700 in Democratic Republic of Congo , and some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Danijel Došen, Melita Došen, Predrag Došen, Marinko Došen, Igor Došen, Nada Došen, Nikola Došen, Dubravko Došen, Robert Došen, Vera Došen, Vesna Došen, Gabrijela Došen, Đurđica Došen, Vladimir Došen, Tihomir Došen, Marija Došen, Gordana Došen, Ivica Došen, Ana Došen

Mentions in sources

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

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