Malkoč families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Slunj area , less frequently Bosniaks (from Bosnian Posavina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Slunj area. In places Saborsko and Drežnik Grad in Slunj area every thirtieth inhabitant had the family name Malkoč.
Prevalence
About 340 people with faimily name Malkoč live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 260 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 32 other places, mostly in Zagreb (85), Rijeka (35), Karlovac (20), Dreznik Grad in Slunj area (15), and in Odranski Obrez (15).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.