Surname Đukes in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Đukes families are Croats (from Cakovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Cakovec area.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Đukes live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Nedelisce in Cakovec area (20), Cakovec (<10), Pretetinec in Cakovec area (<10), Zagreb (<5), and in Seget (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Đukes (including: Dukes , Duces , Duchess , Duches , Dukess , Djukes , Duckes and Dukesz ) is present in 67 countries worldwide. "Dukes " is used by some 30000 people in the United States , about 900 in Great Britain , and some 900 people in South Africa. "Duckes " is used by few people in the United States. "Dukess " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mario Đukes, Božidar Đukes, Dražen Đukes, Maja Đukes, Bogdan Đukes, Mirjana Đukes, Ivana Đukes, Ljubica Đukes, Ljiljana Đukes, Miroslav Đukes, Stijepana Đukes, Vladimir Đukes, Ivančica Đukes, Sonja Đukes, Darija Đukes, Zvonko Đukes, Lidija Đukes, Olga Đukes, Stjepan Đukes

Mentions in sources

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

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