Surname Bucak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bucak families are generally Croats (from Zagreb ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Bucak live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Zagreb (10), Lipovec in Oroslavje area (<5), and in Jalsevec Nartski in Dugo Selo area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bucak (including: Buzak , Buchak , Bucacci , Buchac , Bucac , Bucák , Bucchakk , Buzack and Buzzak ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. "Buzak " is used by some 200 people in Ukraine , about 200 in the United States , and some 90 people in Belarus. "Buzzak " is used by few people in the United States. "Buzack " is used by small number of people in Brazil and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sonja Bucak, Tino Bucak, Ivan Bucak, Tomislav Bucak, Branko Bucak, Ivana Bucak, Liana Bucak, Mira Bucak, Igor Bucak, Neđeljka Bucak, Boris Bucak, Tina Bucak, Stjepan Bucak, Bara Bucak, Ljubica Bucak, Franka Bucak, Gabro Bucak, Rozika Bucak, Tin Bucak

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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