Surname Fok in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Fok families are generally Croats (from Jastrebarsko ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Jastrebarsko and Karlovac.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Fok live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Guci Draganicki (25), Vuksin Sipak (<10), Brlenic in Jastrebarsko area (<10), and in Draganic in Karlovac area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Fok (including: Phok , Fock , Fook , Focht , Foch , Fohk , Foci , Foc and Phock ) is present in 90 countries worldwide. The family name "Fok " is used by some 9000 people in Hong Kong , about 1000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Canada. "Phok " is used by some 7000 people in Cambodia , about 100 in the United States , and some 90 people in France. "Phock " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Fok, Ivan Fok, Katarina Fok, Kristina Fok, Tomislav Fok, Josip Fok, Marica Fok, Drago Fok, Mario Fok, Zvonko Fok, Dubravka Fok, Marijan Fok, Milivoj Fok, Monika Fok, Gordana Fok, Željko Fok, Antonia Fok, Jela Fok, Mijo Fok

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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