In Croatia, Dokozić families are Croats (from Pag area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pag area and in Rijeka. In Cesarica in Pag area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Dokozić.
Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Dokozić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent. They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Rijeka (20), Karlobag in Pag area (<10), Alaginci (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Bresnica (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Dokozić is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.