Surname Bruketa in modern Croatia

Bruketa families are Croats and they are mostly from Kraljevica. According to some sources they are from Bakar, or Italy. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb. In Veli Dol in Kraljevica every seventh inhabitant had the family name Bruketa.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Bruketa live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Rijeka (30), Zagreb (15), Drivenik in Novi Vinodolski area (15), Veli Dol (10), and in Hreljin (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (11) and Canada (2).
Family name Bruketa (including: Bruketta , Brucetta and Bruceta ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. The family name "Bruketa " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Argentina. "Bruketta " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Bruceta " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Davor Bruketa, Nikola Bruketa, Denis Bruketa, Alen Bruketa, Marija Bruketa, Darko Bruketa, Zdravko Bruketa, Vladimir Bruketa, Ruža Bruketa, Anita Bruketa, Maja Bruketa, Tomislav Bruketa, Tanja Bruketa, Stanko Bruketa, Petra Bruketa, Marinko Bruketa, Mate Bruketa, Lidija Bruketa, Boris Bruketa

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1692 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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