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).
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.