Vukonić families are Croats and they are mostly from Delnice area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Cazma. In Vučani in Cazma every ninth inhabitant had the family name Vukonić.
Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Vukonić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Rijeka (30), Krizevci (15), Lokve in Delnice area (10), Delnice (<10), and in Hreljin (<10).
Outside Croatia
At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (3) and Canada (1). Family name Vukonić (including: Vukonic , Vukonich ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. "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.
