Surname Roček in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Roček families are mainly Croats (from Osijek ), equally Czechs (from Daruvar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Pakrac.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Roček live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and four other places, mostly in Osijek (10), Grubisno Polje (<10), Mali Zdenci (<5), Dubrovnik (<5), and in Krizevci (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Roček (including: Rocek , Rochek , Roczek , Rocheck , Rotscheid , Rotschafer , Rotschek , Rotschenk , Rotscher and Rotscheck ) is present in 18 countries on four continents. The family name "Rocek " is used by some 600 people in Czech Republic , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Austria. "Rochek " is used by some 50 people in the United States. "Rocheck " is used by some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivana Roček, Miroslav Roček, Sanja Roček, Hrvoje Roček, Darko Roček, Ljiljana Roček, Ivan Roček, Marija Roček, Nada Roček, Antun Roček, Vencl Roček, Alenka Roček, Žarko Roček, Dražen Roček, Anđelka Roček, Josip Roček, Eduard Roček, Francika Roček, Branko Roček

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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