Surname Ročić in modern Croatia

Ročić families are Croats and they are mostly from Zagreb. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Garesnica area. In Ladislav in Garesnica area every sixtieth inhabitant had the family name Ročić.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Ročić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (130), Donja Kupcina in Jastrebarsko area (<10), Sesvete (<10), Prekvrsje (<5), and in Velika Gorica (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ročić (including: Rocic , Rocas , Rotschild , Rotschi , Rotscheid , Rockich , Rotsching , Rochwick , Rotschein and Rociech ) is present in 46 countries worldwide. The family name "Rocic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Rociech " is used by few people in the United States. "Rotschi " is used by some 60 people in France , small number in Switzerland , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mara Ročić, Darko Ročić, Boris Ročić, Dubravko Ročić, Krešimir Ročić, Mirko Ročić, Zdenkica Ročić, Sabina Ročić, Kristina Ročić, Barica Ročić, Ivica Ročić, Sanja Ročić, Suzana Ročić, Tomislav Ročić, Dragutin Ročić, Damir Ročić, Danijela Ročić, Dragica Ročić, Zdenko Ročić

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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