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Surname Šljuka in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Šljuka families are generally Croats (from Vodice area ), very rarely Serbs, and barely Montenegrins (from Pljevlja, Montenegro ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vodice area and in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area).
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Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Šljuka 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 the most of Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Pirovac in Vodice area (20), Dubrovnik (<10), Zadar (<10), Krasno Polje (<10), and in Rijeka (<5).
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Outside Croatia
At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Šljuka (including: Sljuka , Shlyukha and Sliuka ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Sljuka " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Austria.
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Characteristic first names
Željko Šljuka,
Snježana Šljuka,
Mate Šljuka,
Velimir Šljuka,
Josip Šljuka,
Božica Šljuka,
Dalibor Šljuka,
Marina Šljuka,
Antonija Šljuka,
Mario Šljuka,
Ivan Šljuka,
Đurđa Šljuka,
Kristina Šljuka,
Marin Šljuka,
Boris Šljuka,
Joso Šljuka,
Drago Šljuka,
Ana Šljuka,
Rade Šljuka