Surname Bukal in modern Croatia

Bukal families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Novi Marof area. In Đurinovec in Novi Marof area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Bukal.

Prevalence

About 540 people with faimily name Bukal live in Croatia today, in 210 households. There were 480 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 76 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Sesvete (55), Djurinovec in Novi Marof area (40), Luzan (35), and in Belovar (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bukal (including: Bucal , Buchal , Bukhal , Bhukal , Bhukhal , Buckal , Bhukkal , Bukkal and Bhuckal ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. "Buckal " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Buchal " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 300 in Czech Republic , and some 100 people in the United States. "Bucalli " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Franjo Bukal, Katarina Bukal, Krešimir Bukal, Josip Bukal, Ivan Bukal, Stjepan Bukal, Žarko Bukal, Đurđa Bukal, Siniša Bukal, Snežana Bukal, Saša Bukal, Darko Bukal, Marina Bukal, Željko Bukal, Goran Bukal, Štefica Bukal, Bojan Bukal, Neven Bukal, Vjekoslav Bukal

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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