Surname Čojić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čojić families are predominantly Croats (from Dubrovnik area ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik area and in Bosanian Posavina (Gracanica area). In Donji Brgat in Dubrovnik area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Čojić.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Čojić live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in only two naselja i to in Buzdohanj in Rijeka area (<10) and Sipanska Luka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čojić (including: Cajic , Cojic , Cojich and Coyich ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Cojic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Cajic " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Iraq.

Characteristic first names

Igor Čojić, Sanjin Čojić, Stana Čojić, Matija Čojić, Janja Čojić, Anica Čojić, Ruža Čojić, Mato Čojić, Verena Čojić, Ivan Čojić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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