Surname Vokić in modern Croatia

Vokić families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from north Herzegovina , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in North Herzegovina (Jablanica area) and in Zagreb. In Djedovača in Cazins Region (Bosnia) nearly every inhabitant had the family name Vokić.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Vokić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Rovinj (15), Sesvete (10), Slavonski Kobas in Pleternica area (10), and in Imotski (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Vokić (including: Vokic , Vockic , Vokich , Wokich and Vocas ) is present in 12 countries on three continents. The family name "Vokic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Austria , and small number of people in Hungary. "Vokich " is used by few people in the United States. "Vockic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ljiljanka Vokić, Denis Vokić, Višnja Vokić, Ana Vokić, Stjepan Vokić, Iskrica Vokić, Ivica Vokić, Šime Vokić, Martina Vokić, Goran Vokić, Ranko Vokić, Ivan Vokić, Ivo Vokić, Darijan Vokić, Ante Vokić, Tomislav Vokić, Zlatko Vokić, Dalibor Vokić, Vedrana Vokić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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