Surname Vočanec in modern Croatia

Vočanec families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ivanec area and in Slovenia.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Vočanec live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Cestica in Ivanec area (25), Zagreb (15), Viskovci in Djakovo area (<10), Donji Mosti in Bjelovar area (<10), and in Vrbovsko (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vočanec is present in four countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Vočanec, Mirko Vočanec, Danijel Vočanec, Tomica Vočanec, Loredana Vočanec, Dalibor Vočanec, Branka Vočanec, Anita Vočanec, Ivica Vočanec, Alen Vočanec, Đurđica Vočanec, Lana Vočanec, Josip Vočanec, Mirijana Vočanec, Anica Vočanec, Nevenka Vočanec, Zlata Vočanec, Marijan Vočanec, Lorena Vočanec

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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