Surname Fojs in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Fojs families are Croats (from Ludbreg area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Pregrada area. In Gornji Jalšovec in Pregrada area every fourtieth inhabitant had the family name Fojs.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Fojs live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Struzec in Kutina area (<5), in Jalzabet (<5) and Kelemen (<5) in Ludbreg area, and in Zapresic (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Fojs (including: Fois , Fais , Fays , Faiss , Feus , Folyush , Foys , Fajs and Folyus ) is present in 68 countries worldwide. "Foys " is used by some 50 people in the United States. "Feus " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Faiss " is used by some 600 people in Germany , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in Switzerland.

Characteristic first names

Branimir Fojs, Darko Fojs, Mirjana Fojs, Vladimir Fojs, Dario Fojs, Matija Fojs, Dejana Fojs, Ljubica Fojs, Damir Fojs, Edvard Fojs, Robert Fojs, Mario Fojs, Maja Fojs, Đurđica Fojs, Milan Fojs, Višnjica Fojs, Jadranka Fojs, Nikolina Fojs, Anka Fojs

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1938 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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