Surname Rocco in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Rocco families are Croats by relative majority (from Pula ), equally Italians (from Rovinj ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Rovinj.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Rocco live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 6 cities and two other places, mostly in Rovinj (15), Zagreb (10), Pula (<10), Labin (<5), and in Rabac (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (2), the United States (1), and to France (1).
Family name Rocco (including: Rozzo , Roczko , Rozco and Roczo ) is present in 81 countries worldwide. The family name "Rocco " is used by some 10000 people in Italy , about 10000 in Brazil , and some 9000 people in the United States. "Rozzo " is used by some 500 people in Italy , about 400 in the United States , and some 200 people in Brazil. "Rozco " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sanja Rocco, Fedor Rocco, Davor Rocco, Luka Rocco, Nada Rocco, Nino Rocco, Gianni Rocco, Dario Rocco, Iva Rocco, Andrea Rocco, Franjo Rocco, Adriano Rocco, Ante Rocco, Claudio Rocco, Barbara Rocco, Antonio Rocco, Đurđa Rocco, Pierpaolo Rocco, Corrado Rocco

Mentions in sources

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

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