Surname Kocman in modern Croatia

Kocman families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novi Marof area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Kocman live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Varazdin (10), in Budinscina (10) and Zajezda (<10) in Zlatar area, and in Gornji Kraljevec in Novi Marof area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kocman (including: Kozman , Kochman , Kochmann , Kotzman , Kozmann , Cocman , Khochman , Koozman and Kozhman ) is present in 53 countries worldwide. The family name "Kocman " is used by some 3000 people in Turkey , about 1000 in Czech Republic , and some 200 people in the United States. "Kozman " is used by some 7000 people in Egypt , about 300 in Yemen , and some 300 people in the United States. "Kotzman " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Svjetlana Kocman, Branislav Kocman, Ivica Kocman, Drago Kocman, Biserka Kocman, Marina Kocman, Roberto Kocman, Suzana Kocman, Dražen Kocman, Anita Kocman, Štefica Kocman, Natalija Kocman, Zorica Kocman, Robert Kocman, Aleksandra Kocman, Đuro Kocman, Teodor Kocman, Barbara Kocman, Stjepan Kocman

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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