Surname Rokvić in modern Croatia

Rokvić families are often Serbs and they are mostly from Cazinska Krajina Region (Bosnia), less frequently Croats (from Pula ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Pula.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Rokvić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Rijeka (10), Pula (<10), Vukovar (<10), and in Borovo in Vukovar area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rokvić (including: Rokvic , Rokvich , Rochwick and Rockwicz ) is present in 15 countries on three continents. The family name "Rokvic " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 90 in the United States , and some 70 people in Australia. "Rockwicz " is used by few people in the United States. "Rochwick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branko Rokvić, Mirjana Rokvić, Branka Rokvić, Sredo Rokvić, Miroslav Rokvić, Tatjana Rokvić, Zoran Rokvić, Čedomir Rokvić, Andreja Rokvić, Duško Rokvić, Marina Rokvić, Ines Rokvić, Tenna Rokvić, Zdravka Rokvić, Vesna Rokvić, Mara Rokvić, Dubravka Rokvić, Milan Rokvić, Milovan Rokvić

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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