Surname Šuker in modern Croatia

Šuker families are Croats and they are mostly from western Bosnia and according to some sources from Donjih and Gornjih Rujana near Livna , Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Livno area) and in Vinkovci.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Šuker live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Vinkovci (60), Zagreb (30), Kastel Gomilica (25), Zapresic (25), and in Ivankovo in Vinkovci area (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šuker (including: Suker , Shuker , Schucker , Schuker , Sucker , Sueker , Shucker , Schuecker , Schueker and Suecker ) is present in 74 countries worldwide. The family name "Suker " is used by some 400 people in Indonesia , about 300 in Iraq , and some 200 people in the United States. "Shuker " is used by some 3000 people in Iraq , about 400 in Great Britain , and some 400 people in the United States. "Schuker " is used by some 200 people in Germany and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Davor Šuker, Ivan Šuker, Dragutin Šuker, Božo Šuker, Anita Šuker, Vesna Šuker, Jasna Šuker, Petar Šuker, Hrvoje Šuker, Mato Šuker, Jako Šuker, Anto Šuker, Stipe Šuker, Boško Šuker, Ilija Šuker, Tomislav Šuker, Gordana Šuker, Ana Šuker, Zdravko Šuker

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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