Surname Jocković in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Jocković families are predominantly Serbs, rarely Croats (from Vukovar ), and very rarely Slovaks (from Vukovar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vukovar and in Vukovar area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Jocković live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 5 other places, mostly in Trpinja in Vukovar area (15), Vukovar (<10), Borovo in Vukovar area (<5), Tovarnik in Ilok area (<5), and in Vera in Vukovar area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jocković (including: Jockovich , Jockovic and Jozkowicz ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. "Jockovich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jasna Jocković, Nikola Jocković, Miroslav Jocković, Pavle Jocković, Stevan Jocković, Pero Jocković, Milorad Jocković, Radoslav Jocković, Branko Jocković, Borislav Jocković, Željko Jocković, Mirko Jocković, Amalija Jocković, Desanka Jocković, Dušanka Jocković, Milica Jocković, Nada Jocković, Dragica Jocković, Đuro Jocković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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