Surname Kocen in modern Croatia

Kocen families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Kocen live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), in Banfi (<10), Sveti Urban (<10) and Robadje (<10) in Mursko Sredisce area, and in Martinusevec in Cakovec area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kocen (including: Kozen , Kotzen , Kochen , Cochen , Khozen , Kozhen , Khochen , Koozen and Cocen ) is present in 43 countries worldwide. The family name "Kocen " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 90 in Indonesia , and small number of people in France. "Kozen " is used by some 700 people in Turkey , about 500 in the United States , and some 300 people in Japan. "Kotzen " is used by some 600 people in South Africa , about 400 in the United States , and some 300 people in Indonesia.

Characteristic first names

Dubravka Kocen, Mladen Kocen, Ljiljana Kocen, Stjepan Kocen, Mario Kocen, Adrijana Kocen, Daniel Kocen, Franjo Kocen, Bojan Kocen, Ivica Kocen, Zlatko Kocen, Silvija Kocen, Danijel Kocen, Marijana Kocen, Ivan Kocen, Jerko Kocen, Lepa Kocen, Ljubica Kocen, Robert Kocen

Mentions in sources

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

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