Surname Ročak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ročak families are Croats (from Zadar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and in Zadar area. In Debeljak in Zadar area every fourtieth inhabitant had the family name Ročak.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Ročak live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Sukosan (25) and Debeljak (<10) in Zadar area, Zadar (<10), Koprivnica (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ročak (including: Rochnyak , Rochak , Rozzak , Rochac , Rocák , Rockach , Rochniak , Rocak , Rotschka and Rozzack ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. "Rochniak " is used by small number of people in Poland and small number in the United States. "Rotschka " is used by few people in the United States. "Rochac " is used by some 200 people in El Salvador , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Guatemala.

Characteristic first names

Željko Ročak, Sanda Ročak, Marino Ročak, Ljubica Ročak, Andrijana Ročak, Milan Ročak, Franka Ročak, Zdenka Ročak, Sara Ročak, Zdenko Ročak, Križan Ročak, Darja Ročak, Ivan Ročak, Neven Ročak, Tina Ročak, Rudolf Ročak, Ante Ročak, Frane Ročak, Ana Ročak

Mentions in sources

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

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories