Surname Kočović in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kočović families are predominantly Croats (from Djakovo area ), very rarely Montenegrins (from Zadar ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Gospic and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Kočović live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Licki Osik (<5), Osijek (<5), Zadar (<5), and in Pula (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kočović (including: Kochowicz , Kocovic , Cocovic , Kochowiec , Cocovich , Kocovich and Kocowicz ) is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Kocovic " is used by some 70 people in the United States. "Kochowicz " is used by some 500 people in Poland , about 70 in Argentina , and small number of people in the United States. "Kochowiec " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jadranko Kočović, Suzana Kočović, Bogoljub Kočović, Miodrag Kočović, Dragica Kočović, Sonja Kočović, Kristian Kočović, Smiljana Kočović, Manda Kočović, Dubravka Kočović, Paško Kočović, Bosiljka Kočović, Dušan Kočović, Tomislav Kočović, Leonardo Kočović, Vladimir Kočović, Danijela Kočović, Biljana Kočović, Filip Kočović

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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