Roknić families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Glina area , whereas often Croats (from Karlovac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and in Glina area. In Kirin in Glina area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Roknić.
Prevalence
About 190 people with faimily name Roknić live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 460 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 24 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Vukovar (25), Perna in Glina area (25), Karlovac (20), and in Rijeka (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.