Surname Srok in modern Croatia

Srok families are Croats and they are mostly from Rijeka area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Rijeka area. In Sroki in Rijeka area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Srok.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Srok live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties and 18 other places, mostly in Rijeka (40), in Viskovo (30) and Sroki (<10) in Rijeka area, Brncici (<10), and in Marinici in Rijeka area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Brazil (1), and to Germany (1).
Family name Srok (including: Shrock , Srock , Serok , Srocha , Serock , Srochno , Srochko , Srochi and Shrok ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. The family name "Srok " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Russian Federation. "Srock " is used by some 700 people in the United States , about 300 in Germany , and small number of people in Canada. "Serok " is used by some 100 people in Israel , about 80 in Papua New Guinea , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mirna Srok, Dolores Srok, Stjepan Srok, Luciano Srok, Gordan Srok, Snježana Srok, Mladen Srok, Rajko Srok, Vladimir Srok, Ingrid Srok, Nastasia Srok, Dean Srok, Sanjin Srok, Kristian Srok, Miran Srok, Alen Srok, Martina Srok, Katica Srok, Sandra Srok

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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