Surname Čočić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čočić families are generally Croats (from Orahovica area ), very rarely Bosniaks (from Podrinje (Bosnia) ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Orahovica area and in Pozega. In Mala Daljegošta in Podrinje (Bosnia) nearly every inhabitant had the family name Čočić.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Čočić live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Njivice on the Island of Krk (20), in Tominovac (<10) and Kutjevo (<5) in Orahovica area, Brestovac in Pozega area (<5), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čočić (including: Cocic , Cochic , Cocas , Cochick , Chocas and Cocich ) is present in 7 countries on three continents. The family name "Cocic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Cochick " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Cocas " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Teufik Čočić, Ivan Čočić, Đuro Čočić, Rasim Čočić, Edin Čočić, Esmir Čočić, Vesna Čočić, Dinka Čočić, Nada Čočić, Đurđica Čočić, Sufreta Čočić, Goran Čočić, Marija Čočić, Ružica Čočić, Nufik Čočić, Enisa Čočić, Hanka Čočić, Tomislav Čočić, Esma Čočić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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