Surname Čuča in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čuča families are Croats (from Sveti Ivan Zelina area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sveti Ivan Zelina area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Čuča live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Sveti Ivan Zelina (<5), Gaj (<5), and in Brezani in Sveti Ivan Zelina area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čuča (including: Cuca , Ciuca , Chucha , Cucca , Cucka , Chuca , Cuecha , Cueca , Chuecha and Cuzza ) is present in 76 countries worldwide. "Cuzza " is used by few people in the United States. "Cuecha " is used by some 100 people in Colombia , small number in Venezuela , and small number of people in the United States. "Cucka " is used by some 400 people in Albania , about 200 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Renato Čuča, Marija Čuča, Mirko Čuča, Marica Čuča, Stjepan Čuča, Božidar Čuča, Ana Čuča, Dušanka Čuča, Glišo Čuča, Ilija Čuča, Imbro Čuča, Jelena Čuča, Josip Čuča, Josipa Čuča, Jovanka Čuča, Jovo Čuča, Kata Čuča, Krista Čuča, Lazo Čuča

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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