Surname Rock in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Rock families are Croats (from Zupanja ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zupanja area and in Varazdin.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Rock live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Zupanja (<5), Varazdin (<5), and in Zabnik in Varazdin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rock (including: Rocco , Rocca , Rocci , Roock , Rhock , Roccki , Rocq , Rozk and Rocc ) is present in 165 countries worldwide. The family name "Rock " is used by some 30000 people in the United States , about 10000 in Bangladesh , and some 10000 people in Brazil. "Rozk " is used by few people in Australia and few people in the United States. "Roock " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and some 70 people in South Africa.

Characteristic first names

Rajko Rock, Richard Rock, Slavko Rock, David Rock, Elizabeta Rock, Anica Rock, Merica Rock, Magdalena Rock, Zlatko Rock, Diana Rock, Lidia Rock, Stanislaus Rock

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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