Surname Bukovec in modern Croatia

Bukovec families are Croats and they are mostly from Sveti Ivan Zelina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ivanec area.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Bukovec live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 34 other places, mostly in Zagreb (60), Bedenica in Sveti Ivan Zelina area (35), Koretinec in Ivanec area (15), Sveti Ivan Zelina (15), and in Osijek (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: France (3), Australia (1), the United States (1), Germany (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Bukovec (including: Buckovetz , Buckovecz and Bukovetz ) is present in 19 countries on four continents. The family name "Bukovec " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 60 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in France. "Buckovetz " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Buckovecz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branko Bukovec, Nenad Bukovec, Dragan Bukovec, Manuela Bukovec, Anita Bukovec, Krunoslav Bukovec, Pascal Bukovec, Andreja Bukovec, Dragutin Bukovec, Anica Bukovec, Danijel Bukovec, Željko Bukovec, Vjekoslav Bukovec, Ivanka Bukovec, Damir Bukovec, Svetlana Bukovec, Zlatko Bukovec, Antun Bukovec, Igor Bukovec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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