Surname Okić in modern Croatia

Okić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from east Herzegovina , often Bosniaks (from Bosnian Posavina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cazins Region, Bosnia (Velika Kladusa area) and in East Herzegovina (Gacko area). In Ponikve in Cazins Region (Bosnia) every seventh inhabitant had the family name Okić.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Okić live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than tripled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Rijeka (25), Pula (15), Struga in Ludbreg area (15), and in Mracelj in Duga Resa area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (2) and Austria (1).
Family name Okić (including: Okic , Okich , Ochich , Ocic , Ochichi , Okiec , Hokic , Ochiche , Okiche and Ochlich ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. The family name "Okic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 80 in Papua New Guinea , and some 70 people in Sweden. "Okiec " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Okiche " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Amir Okić, Željka Okić, Petar Okić, Mehmed Okić, Osman Okić, Emina Okić, Asima Okić, Mersija Okić, Vladimir Okić, Vjekoslav Okić, Fakir Okić, Fadila Okić, Zdravko Okić, Sanel Okić, Ale Okić, Safet Okić, Behija Okić, Vesna Okić, Amel Okić

Mentions in sources

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

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