Surname Ćuže in modern Croatia

Ćuže families are Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Ljubuski area) and in Herzegovina (Siroki Brijeg area).

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Ćuže live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and four other places, mostly in Metkovic (25), Zagreb (25), Pozega (15), Split (<10), and in Dubrovnik (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ćuže (including: Cuze , Chuzhe , Chuze , Cuzze and Chiuzhe ) is present in four countries on three continents. "Chuze " is used by few people in the United States. "Cuzze " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marijan Ćuže, Nenad Ćuže, Franjo Ćuže, Karlo Ćuže, Ivan Ćuže, Melita Ćuže, Marko Ćuže, Ivana Ćuže, Davor Ćuže, Kate Ćuže, Sonja Ćuže, Ivona Ćuže, Sandra Ćuže, Verica Ćuže, Matko Ćuže, Martina Ćuže, Maja Ćuže, Ana Ćuže, Snježana Ćuže

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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