Surname Gojević in modern Croatia

Gojević families are Croats and they are mostly from Knin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 400 people with faimily name Gojević live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 320 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Zagreb (95), Osijek (40), Kijevo in Knin area (35), Virovitica (35), and in Kastel Stari (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gojević (including: Gojevic , Gayevich and Gajevic ) is present in 18 countries on four continents. The family name "Gojevic " is used by some 90 people in Canada , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Gojević, Željko Gojević, Bernarda Gojević, Stipan Gojević, Ante Gojević, Dragan Gojević, Dražen Gojević, Ingrid Gojević, Stanko Gojević, Ivka Gojević, Ivan Gojević, Gordana Gojević, Ivana Gojević, Mijo Gojević, Nada Gojević, Boško Gojević, Marija Gojević, Zvonimir Gojević, Vinko Gojević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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