Surname Bocko in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bocko families are Croats (from Ludbreg area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica and in Koprivnica area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Bocko live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only two naselja i to in Kapela Podravska in Ludbreg area (<10) and Selnica Podravska in Koprivnica area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bocko (including: Bozhko , Bocco , Bocchio , Bochko , Boccio , Bozko , Boccino , Botzko and Bochco ) is present in 65 countries worldwide. The family name "Bocko " is used by some 600 people in Slovakia , about 500 in the United States , and some 500 people in Poland. "Botzko " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Boccio " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 300 in Argentina , and some 200 people in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Bocko, Vladimir Bocko, Zvonimir Bocko, Terezija Bocko, Marija Bocko, Marica Bocko, Tomo Bocko, Slavko Bocko, Ljuba Bocko, Milka Bocko, Ružica Bocko, Zvjezdana Bocko, Jelena Bocko, Tajana Bocko, Katarina Bocko, Antonija Bocko, Ljubica Bocko, Andrija Bocko, Stjepan Bocko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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