Surname Zohil in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zohil families are almost entirely Croats (from Pazin area ), very rarely Italians (also from Pazin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and in Pazin area. In Laginji in Pazin area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Zohil.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Zohil live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Laginji (30) and Zminj (25) in Pazin area, Pomer in Pula area (<10), Osijek (<10), and in Opatija (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (3), the United States (1), Australia (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Zohil (including: Zochil , Zohill ) is present in 10 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Emilijano Zohil, Sunčana Zohil, Ester Zohil, Milena Zohil, Ivan Zohil, Lino Zohil, Manda Zohil, Rajmond Zohil, Sandra Zohil, Tomislav Zohil, Enio Zohil, Mirko Zohil, Enco Zohil, Romano Zohil, Ivana Zohil, Andrea Zohil, Josip Zohil, Vilma Zohil, Željka Zohil

Mentions in sources

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

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