Surname Kožić in modern Croatia

Kožić families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area and according to some sources from Marija Bistrica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zlatar area. In Globočec in Zlatar area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Kožić.

Prevalence

About 730 people with faimily name Kožić live in Croatia today, in 300 households. There were 880 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 39 cities and 78 other places, mostly in Zagreb (125), Globocec in Zlatar area (80), Sesvete (50), Gornja Drenova (50), and in Breznicki Hum in Novi Marof area (45).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kožić (including: Kozic , Kozich , Kozhich , Cozic , Kozicz , Kozics , Kozych , Kozick , Chozick and Koziec ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. The family name "Kozic " is used by some 700 people in the United States , about 400 in Slovakia , and some 200 people in Switzerland. "Kozich " is used by some 2000 people in Belarus , about 600 in Russian Federation , and some 400 people in the United States. "Kozhich " is used by some 100 people in Belarus , about 90 in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Kristina Kožić, Mario Kožić, Robert Kožić, Jasminka Kožić, Dragutin Kožić, Ivan Kožić, Slavko Kožić, Stjepan Kožić, Kristijan Kožić, Josip Kožić, Božena Kožić, Marija Kožić, Branko Kožić, Dean Kožić, Mladen Kožić, Vjekoslav Kožić, Krunoslav Kožić, Ružica Kožić, Mato Kožić

Mentions in sources

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

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