Božić is a common surname in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia. The spelling Božič is found in Slovenia. It is derived from the name Božo.

Božić is a common surname in Croatia, with 8,115 bearers (2011 census).^[1] It is the third most common surname in Vukovar-Srijem County, and among the most common in three other counties.^[2]

In Slovenia, there are more than 3,500 people with the surname Božič, and more than 500 with the surname Božić (most of them are of Croatian or Serbian origin, since the letter "ć" doesn't exist in the Slovenian alphabet). It is the 13th most common surname in Slovenia. However, there are important regional differences: while it is the 2nd most common surname in the Lower Sava Statistical Region, and the 4th most common surname in the Coastal–Karst Statistical Region, it is extremely rare in eastern Slovenia.^[3] Around 54% of Slovenians with this surname live in Carniola, around 28% in the Slovenian Littoral, and around 13% in Slovenian Styria.

• Božičić
• Božović