Surname Lojo in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lojo families are mainly Croats (from Samobor ), less frequently Bosniaks (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Doboj, Bosnia (Doboj area). In Foča in Podrinje (Bosnia) every fifth inhabitant had the family name Lojo.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Lojo live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Zagreb (10), Samobor (<10), and in Mokosica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lojo (including: Loyo , Lajo , Loio , Laiho , Layo , Loiero , Laio , Lajjo and Lojho ) is present in 74 countries worldwide. "Loiero " is used by some 500 people in Italy , about 70 in Argentina , and some 60 people in the United States. "Layo " is used by some 900 people in the Philippines , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Bangladesh. "Laio " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Nermin Lojo, Dževad Lojo, Kornelija Lojo, Nezir Lojo, Kemal Lojo, Samra Lojo, Mirza Lojo, Sead Lojo, Denisa Lojo, Adnan Lojo, Dženan Lojo, Azra Lojo, Šaban Lojo, Milka Lojo, Zaha Lojo, Husein Lojo, Suada Lojo, Ulfeta Lojo, Eldina Lojo

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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