Surname Šukec in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šukec families are Croats (from Lepoglava area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lepoglava area and in Zagreb. In Belovar Zlatarski in Lepoglava area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Šukec.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Šukec live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in one city and 5 other places, mostly in Belovar Zlatarski in Lepoglava area (10), Zagreb (<10), Bedekovcina in Lepoglava area (<5), Voloder in Kutina area (<5), and in Mace in Zlatar area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šukec (including: Sukec , Sucec , Sucech and Suchec ) is present in five countries on two continents. "Sucec " is used by some 80 people in the United States. "Sucech " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Suchec " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Šukec, Vlatka Šukec, Darko Šukec, Božidar Šukec, Marina Šukec, Tomislav Šukec, Miljenko Šukec, Dragutin Šukec, Vilim Šukec, Štefica Šukec, Miško Šukec, Ljubica Šukec, Suzana Šukec, Mario Šukec, Ivka Šukec, Milena Šukec, Vladimir Šukec, Štefanija Šukec, Marija Šukec

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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