Surname Štok in modern Croatia

Štok families are Croats and they are mostly from Klanjec. According to some sources they are from Slovenia (Sezana, Pliskovica). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Klanjec.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Štok live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Rijeka (<10), Cakovec (<10), Zapresic (<10), and in Icici (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Štok (including: Stock , Stok , Shtok , Stook , Shutok , Shtokh , Shtock , Shitok , Shtokk and Sztok ) is present in 108 countries worldwide. "Stock " is used by some 20000 people in Germany , about 20000 in the United States , and some 4000 people in Bangladesh. "Shtock " is used by small number of people in Canada and small number in the United States. "Stook " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in the Netherlands , and small number of people in Sweden.

Characteristic first names

Sanja Štok, Zlatko Štok, Radovan Štok, Izabela Štok, Ivan Štok, Tina Štok, Vilma Štok, Josipa Štok, Ivica Štok, Andrea Štok, Štefica Štok, Dražen Štok, Hary Štok, Leon Štok, Igor Štok, Ružica Štok, Zeno Štok, Boris Štok, Bojan Štok

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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