Surname Čokić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čokić families are mainly Croats (from Djurdjevac area ), rarely Serbs, and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Hrvatska Kostajnica area and in Tuzla Region, Bosnia (Lopare area). In Gornja Meminska in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every third inhabitant had the family name Čokić.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Čokić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Gunja in Zupanja area (<10), Vela Luka on the Island of Korcula (<10), Slavonski Brod (<10), and in Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Čokić (including: Cokic , Cocas , Cocic , Cochick , Chokich and Chocas ) is present in 13 countries on four continents. The family name "Cokic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Cocic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Cochick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zdravko Čokić, Dušanka Čokić, Juvel Čokić, Osman Čokić, Dženeta Čokić, Mirko Čokić, Edmond Čokić, Marija Čokić, Dragica Čokić, Ivanka Čokić, Samira Čokić, Edvin Čokić, Danica Čokić, Danijel Čokić, Azra Čokić, Ivana Čokić, Marijana Čokić, Aleksandra Čokić, Ivo Čokić

Mentions in sources

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

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