Surname Koch in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Koch families are generally Croats (from Vrbovsko ), very rarely Germans (from Beli Manastir area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vukovar and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Koch live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Vukovar (<10), Zagreb (<10), Lonjica (<10), Vrbovsko (<5), and in Sesvete (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Koch (including: Kooch , Kochhdh , Khoch , Kocchar , Kocchi , Koccho , Kochha , Kochcha and Koccha ) is present in 126 countries worldwide. The family name "Koch " is used by some 400000 people in Germany , about 100000 in the United States , and some 40000 people in Brazil. "Kooch " is used by some 100 people in Iran , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Kocchi " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Georg Koch, Roberta Koch, Robert Koch, Valentina Koch, Ferdo Koch, Vjekoslav Koch, Jana Koch, Markus Koch, Ljiljana Koch, Christoph Koch, Christian Koch, Anton Koch, Marija Koch, Zlatko Koch, Roberto Koch, Manuela Koch, Božena Koch, Karolina Koch, Ivan Koch

Mentions in sources

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

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