Vukojević families are often Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. According to some sources they are from Vrgorac, and are less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Ljubuski area) and in East Herzegovina (Trebinje area). In Šipovača in Herzegovina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Vukojević.
Prevalence
About 810 people with faimily name Vukojević live in Croatia today, in 360 households. There were 440 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent. They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 52 cities and 80 other places, mostly in Zagreb (205), Vukovar (55), Split (45), Osijek (35), and in Ocestovo (25).
