Surname Vok in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Vok families are mainly Italians (from Buje ), less frequently Croats (also from Buje ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Umag and Buje. In Kaldanija in Buje every third inhabitant had the family name Vok.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Vok live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Kaldanija (<10), Umag (<5), Plovanija (<5), Buje (<5), and in Kastel (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vok (including: Vock , Voci , Vokh , Vocci , Voch , Vook , Wok , Vochko and Voc ) is present in 67 countries worldwide. The family name "Vok " is used by some 200 people in Cambodia , about 60 in Uganda , and some 60 people in the United States. "Vock " is used by some 800 people in Germany , about 400 in the United States , and some 400 people in Austria. "Vook " is used by some 300 people in Laos , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Czech Republic , small number of people in Slovakia.

Characteristic first names

Nerio Vok, Marino Vok, Alen Vok, Lilijana Vok, Nella Vok, Massimo Vok, Korado Vok, Rosita Vok, Anna Vok, Anton Vok, Bruno Vok, Ivanka Vok, Ferućo Vok, Valter Vok, Luka Vok, Josipa Vok, Ana Vok, Elda Vok, Josip Vok

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1930 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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