Surname Jojić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Jojić families are Croats by relative majority (from East Herzegovine ), equally Serbs, and barely Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Serbia.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Jojić live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Pula (10), Markusica in Vinkovci area (<10), Zagreb (<10), Sesvete (<10), and in Karlovac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jojić (including: Jajic , Jojic , Jojich , Jajich , Jayich , Yajich and Jeuick ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. The family name "Jojic " is used by some 70 people in Albania , about 60 in the United States , and some 60 people in Russian Federation. "Jojich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Jajich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ljiljana Jojić, Sanja Jojić, Mladen Jojić, Dalibor Jojić, Lidija Jojić, Diana Jojić, Suzana Jojić, Nina Jojić, Ivana Jojić, Petar Jojić, Želimir Jojić, Dražen Jojić, Aleksandar Jojić, Ankica Jojić, Daniel Jojić, Momčilo Jojić, Velimir Jojić, Dragan Jojić, Veselin Jojić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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