In Croatia, Nauković families are Croats (from Hrvatska Kostajnica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Bosanska Dubica area) and in Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Nauković live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only four naselja i to in Hrvatska Dubica in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (10), Zagreb (<10), Donji Cerovljani in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (<5), and in Sisak (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Nauković (including: Naukovich , Naukovic ) is present in five countries on two continents.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.