Surname Bokan in modern Croatia

Bokan families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Opuzen area , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Metkovic and in Djurdjevac area. In Aginci in Bosnian Krajina every second inhabitant had the family name Bokan.

Prevalence

About 270 people with faimily name Bokan live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 33 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Metkovic (55), Split (25), Betina on the Island of Murter (15), and in Pitomaca in Djurdjevac area (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bokan (including: Bocan , Bocian , Bokhan , Bhokan , Bookhan , Bockan , Bhokhan , Bockhan and Bookan ) is present in 63 countries worldwide. The family name "Bokan " is used by some 1000 people in Ethiopia , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Russian Federation. "Bockhan " is used by few people in the United States. "Bocian " is used by some 3000 people in Poland , about 800 in the United States , and some 300 people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Dražen Bokan, Ana Bokan, Šime Bokan, Ranko Bokan, Aleksandar Bokan, Drago Bokan, Darko Bokan, Nikola Bokan, Branka Bokan, Mato Bokan, Maja Bokan, Dragomir Bokan, Ivan Bokan, Mario Bokan, Frane Bokan, Željka Bokan, Ela Bokan, Petar Bokan, Đuro Bokan

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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