Surname Bukovac in modern Croatia

Bukovac families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Otocac , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Otocac and Zagreb. In Kuterevo in Otocac every seventh inhabitant had the family name Bukovac.

Prevalence

About 900 people with faimily name Bukovac live in Croatia today, in 390 households. There were 910 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 63 cities and 88 other places, mostly in Zagreb (165), Kuterevo (85), Otocac (45), Bubnjarci in Ozalj area (40), and in Vid (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 32 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (12), Germany (8), Switzerland (6), Australia (4), Canada (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Bukovac (including: Bucovaz , Bukovatz , Bukovaz and Bukowatz ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. The family name "Bukovac " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 70 in Argentina , and small number of people in Canada. "Bukovaz " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Bukovatz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Lana Bukovac, Itana Bukovac, Ozren Bukovac, Zlatko Bukovac, Milan Bukovac, Davorin Bukovac, Nenad Bukovac, Elvira Bukovac, Miroslav Bukovac, Marko Bukovac, Sanja Bukovac, Marina Bukovac, Ivan Bukovac, Saša Bukovac, Mia Bukovac, Siniša Bukovac, Zoran Bukovac, Jadranka Bukovac, Zorko Bukovac

Mentions in sources

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

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