Surname Bukša in modern Croatia

Bukša families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Pag. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Pag and in Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Bukša live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Pag on the Island of Pag (40), Rijeka (30), Zadar (15), Zagreb (15), and in Split (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (8), Germany (3), and to Australia (1).
Family name Bukša (including: Buksa , Bucsa , Buksha , Bukshta , Bucksa , Bhuksa , Bucska , Buksza , Bhukshya and Bucsea ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Buksa " is used by some 1000 people in Poland , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Latvia. "Bucksa " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Bucska " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Hungary , and small number of people in Romania.

Characteristic first names

Andreja Bukša, Ante Bukša, Slađana Bukša, Teo Bukša, Tonica Bukša, Ivo Bukša, Mladen Bukša, Deniza Bukša, Neda Bukša, Maja Bukša, Dražen Bukša, Filip Bukša, Ivica Bukša, Ivan Bukša, Antonija Bukša, Anica Bukša, Juraj Bukša, Rinaldo Bukša, Carola Bukša

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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