In Croatia, Vukonich families are Croats (from Crikvenica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Vukonich live in Croatia today, in one household only. They are located in one Croatian city only, in Crikvenica (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Vukonich is present in three countries on three continents. The family name "Vukonich " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Argentina.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.