Surname Čuže in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čuže families are Croats (from Pleternica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pozega.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Čuže live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian cities only: in Zagreb (<5), Metkovic (<5), Cosine Laze (<5), and in Cosinac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čuže (including: Cuze , Chuzhe , Cuzze , Chuze 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

Marinko Čuže, Blandina Čuže, Rajna Čuže, Dario Čuže, Mate Čuže, Katica Čuže, Genoveva Čuže, Evica Čuže, Tonka Čuže, Gordan Čuže, Denis Čuže, Mario Čuže, Dražen Čuže, Ivan Čuže, Terezija Čuže, Jelena Čuže, Blaženka Čuže, Nada Čuže, Ljubica Čuže

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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