Surname Bok in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bok families are predominantly Croats (from Bjelovar area ), rarely Czechs (from Daruvar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Daruvar area and in Bjelovar area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Bok live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in threee Croatian counties and threee other places, mostly in Ivanska in Bjelovar area (<10), Zagreb (<5), Bjelovar (<5), Dezanovac in Daruvar area (<5), and in Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bok (including: Bock , Book , Bochko , Bokk , Bockh , Bhok , Bohk , Bhokh and Bokh ) is present in 148 countries worldwide. "Bock " is used by some 50000 people in Germany , about 20000 in the United States , and some 5000 people in Brazil. "Book " is used by some 10000 people in the United States , about 3000 in Viet Nam , and some 3000 people in the Philippines. "Bokh " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Daniel Bok, Alen Bok, Ivica Bok, Biserka Bok, Igor Bok, Vesna Bok, Željko Bok, Josip Bok, Ana Bok, Oldrih Bok, Zdenko Bok, Miroslav Bok, Vladimir Bok, Libuška Bok, Mirko Bok, Gordana Bok, Boris Bok, Sunčica Bok, Libor Bok

Mentions in sources

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

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