Surname Kojić in modern Croatia

Kojić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Nin , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vukovar and in Middle Bosnia (Vares area). In Čaprginci in Nova Gradiska area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Kojić.

Prevalence

About 510 people with faimily name Kojić live in Croatia today, in 240 households. There were 420 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 47 cities and 56 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Vukovar (30), Poljica (25), Osijek (25), and in Rijeka (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kojić (including: Cajic , Kojic , Kajic , Kayici , Koyich , Kojich , Cojic , Kajiche , Kayich and Kolynich ) is present in 41 countries worldwide. The family name "Kojic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 200 in Germany , and some 100 people in Russian Federation. "Kojich " is used by small number of people in Russian Federation and small number in the United States. "Kajic " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 80 in Sweden , and some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nikša Kojić, Nenad Kojić, Slavko Kojić, Predrag Kojić, Ksenija Kojić, Miroslav Kojić, Ankica Kojić, Zdenko Kojić, Suzana Kojić, Dragutin Kojić, Dražen Kojić, Ingrid Kojić, Bato Kojić, Vlatko Kojić, Jozo Kojić, Nikola Kojić, Milka Kojić, Dejan Kojić, Terezija Kojić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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