Surname Koči in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Koči families are mainly Croats (from Daruvar area ), less frequently Czechs (also from Daruvar area ), and very rarely Hungarians (from Bakar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Daruvar area and in Pakrac.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Koči live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and four other places, mostly in Koncanica in Daruvar area (20), Daruvar (<10), Bakar (<10), Pakrac (<5), and in Malinska on the Island of Krk (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Koči (including: Koci , Kochi , Kochai , Kotschi , Kocsi , Kochie , Koczi , Kozzi , Kocci and Kocki ) is present in 88 countries worldwide. The family name "Koci " is used by some 40000 people in Albania , about 10000 in Czech Republic , and some 4000 people in the United States. "Kotschi " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Czech Republic. "Kozzi " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zdenka Koči, Marcelo Koči, Dalibor Koči, Daniel Koči, Danijela Koči, Vlado Koči, Svjetlanka Koči, Klaudija Koči, Marija Koči, Miroslav Koči, Tibor Koči, Tanja Koči, Milouš Koči, Stanislav Koči, Mara Koči, Slavica Koči, Jaroslav Koči, Ljubica Koči, Kalman Koči

Mentions in sources

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

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