Surname Gojo in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gojo families are generally Croats (from Split ), very rarely Italians (from Tuzla Region (Bosnia) ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Gojo live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Split (15), Kamen (10), Zagreb (<10), Pozega (<10), and in Stobrec (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Gojo (including: Goyo , Gajo , Goio , Gajoo , Golygo , Goyoh , Gojoo , Golyno and Golyko ) is present in 75 countries worldwide. "Galyo " is used by small number of people in Hungary and small number in the United States. "Gaiero " is used by some 200 people in Italy , about 100 in Argentina , and some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sanja Gojo, Nedjeljko Gojo, Miroslav Gojo, Ante Gojo, Zrinka Gojo, Marianna Gojo, Stanka Gojo, Nada Gojo, Ivanka Gojo, Stanislav Gojo, Elvina Gojo, Milan Gojo, Marijana Gojo, Filip Gojo, Marija Gojo, Zoran Gojo, Tomislav Gojo, Marin Gojo, Ivana Gojo

Mentions in sources

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

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