Surname Jozić in modern Croatia

Jozić families are Croats and they are mostly from Kosovo. According to some sources they are from Trilj or Pleternica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Kosovo and in Bosanian Posavina (Brcko area). In Ripci in Rama (Bosnia) every third inhabitant had the family name Jozić.

Prevalence

About 3100 people with faimily name Jozić live in Croatia today, in 1100 households. There were 350 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 85 cities and 266 other places, mostly in Zagreb (625), Slavonski Brod (365), Sesvete (105), Vocin in Slatina area (80), and in Klokocevac (75).

Outside Croatia

At least 43 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (22), Austria (7), Sweden (5), Australia (3), Switzerland (3), Belgium (1), the United States (1), and to France (1).
Family name Jozić is present in 25 countries worldwide. The family name "Jozic " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 700 in Austria , and some 300 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nedeljko Jozić, Ksenija Jozić, Stjepan Jozić, Branko Jozić, Željko Jozić, Dražen Jozić, Mirko Jozić, Jure Jozić, Zoran Jozić, Jakov Jozić, Tomislav Jozić, Vinko Jozić, Josip Jozić, Duško Jozić, Goran Jozić, Tomo Jozić, Nives Jozić, Antonija Jozić, Marija Jozić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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