Dokoza families are Croats and they are mostly from Nin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nin area and on the Island of Pasman. In Radovin in Nin area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Dokoza.
Prevalence
About 320 people with faimily name Dokoza live in Croatia today, in 110 households. There were 160 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Zadar (120), Radovin in Nin area (50), Starigrad on the Island of Pasman (40), Zagreb (20), and in Sesvete (10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Dokoza is present in five countries on four continents.
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.