Surname Čoko in modern Croatia

Čoko families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from east Herzegovina , also Bosniaks (from Serbia ) very rarely Albanians (also from Serbia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in East Herzegovina (Stolac area) and in Middle Bosnia (Bugojno area). In Borojevići in East Herzegovina every fourth inhabitant had the family name Čoko.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Čoko live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Rijeka (50), Knin (10), Zagreb (10), Slime (10), and in Cerna in Zupanja area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čoko (including: Coko , Choko , Chioko , Chocko , Cocko , Chokko , Cokko , Cooko , Cokoh and Csoko ) is present in 142 countries worldwide. "Chocko " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Coco " is used by some 7000 people in Italy , about 5000 in the United States , and some 4000 people in France. "Cocco " is used by some 10000 people in Italy , about 2000 in Brazil , and some 2000 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Čoko, Lidija Čoko, Duje Čoko, Renata Čoko, Izudin Čoko, Nikica Čoko, Safet Čoko, Marko Čoko, Tihomir Čoko, Zlatko Čoko, Hazbir Čoko, Jure Čoko, Zoran Čoko, Insad Čoko, Lucija Čoko, Zićir Čoko, Slavica Čoko, Nazif Čoko, Nada Čoko

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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