Surname Bocka in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bocka families are mainly Hungarians (from Osijek area ), less frequently Croats (also from Osijek area ), and very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Osijek area.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Bocka live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, four cities and 6 other places, mostly in Laslovo in Osijek area (20), Osijek (15), Vukovar (10), Visnjevac (<10), and in Cernik in Rijeka area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bocka (including: Boccia , Bocca , Bochka , Bocchia , Boccha , Bozka , Bochcha , Bozhka and Bozca ) is present in 50 countries worldwide. The family name "Bocka " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Spain , small number of people in Jordan. "Bozka " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Slovakia. "Boccia " is used by some 7000 people in Italy , about 2000 in Brazil , and some 1000 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jelica Bocka, Davor Bocka, Lajoš Bocka, Sandra Bocka, Ervin Bocka, Tatjana Bocka, David Bocka, Ivica Bocka, Lorand Bocka, Ferika Bocka, Irena Bocka, Stevan Bocka, Sanja Bocka, Martina Bocka, Tibor Bocka, Darko Bocka, Danijela Bocka, Ištvan Bocka, Silvija Bocka

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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