Surname Kokel in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kokel families are Croats (from Vrbovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Jastrebarsko.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Kokel live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Zagreb (<5), Virovitica (<5), Selovec in Vrbovec area (<5), and in Poljana (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kokel (including: Kochel , Kockel , Kokkeel , Kocel , Cokel , Kokell , Kokkel , Kokhel and Kociel ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. The family name "Kokel " is used by some 80 people in the United States , about 60 in Germany , and some 60 people in France. "Kokell " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kocel " is used by some 200 people in the United States and about 100 in Poland.

Characteristic first names

Kazimir Kokel, Sonja Kokel, Damir Kokel, Ružica Kokel, Siniša Kokel, Roza Kokel, Dragutin Kokel, Slavica Kokel, Ivan Kokel, Zvonimir Kokel, Marija Kokel, Nikolina Kokel, Rudolf Kokel, Bara Kokel, Lukas Kokel, Nada Kokel, Valent Kokel, Zvonko Kokel

Mentions in sources

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

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