Surname Šukara in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šukara families are predominantly Serbs, rarely Croats (from the Island of Losinj ), and barely Bosniaks (also from the Island of Losinj ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac and Obrovac. In Bogatnik in Obrovac every second inhabitant had the family name Šukara.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Šukara live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and two other places, mostly in Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (15), Trpinja in Vukovar area (<10), Zagreb (<10), Gornje Biljane (<10), and in Kriz in Ivanic-Grad area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šukara (including: Sukara , Suchara , Sukhara , Sukarah , Sukaerah , Shukara , Sucara , Suciara , Sukkara and Sukahera ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. "Suchara " is used by some 200 people in Poland , about 200 in Brazil , and some 80 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nevenka Šukara, Dajana Šukara, Ljubomir Šukara, Dragica Šukara, Predrag Šukara, Aleksandar Šukara, Rajko Šukara, Ljubica Šukara, Merimzada Šukara, Ljiljana Šukara, Bruno Šukara, Goran Šukara, Jasminka Šukara, Smiljanka Šukara, Nenad Šukara, Rade Šukara, Mirko Šukara, Andrea Šukara, Svetlana Šukara

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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