Surname Kokolić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kokolić families are almost entirely Croats (from Oroslavje ), barely Hungarians (from Zapresic ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Bakar. In Movrač in Zabok area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Kokolić.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Kokolić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 7 cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Oroslavje (15), Zapresic (<10), Bedekovcina in Lepoglava area (<5), and in Ivanic-Grad (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Kokolić (including: Kokolic , Cokolic and Chokolich ) is present in four countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Kokolić, Ivica Kokolić, Kornelia Kokolić, Snježana Kokolić, Tomislav Kokolić, Marijan Kokolić, Tamara Kokolić, Marko Kokolić, Sniježana Kokolić, Lucija Kokolić, Aleksandro Kokolić, Nada Kokolić, Renato Kokolić, Ivanka Kokolić, Marta Kokolić, Mihaela Kokolić, Monika Kokolić, Branko Kokolić, Ružica Kokolić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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