Surname Bukvar in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Bukvar families are Bosniaks (from Tuzla Region (Bosnia) ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Tuzla Region, Bosnia (Lopare area). In Lipovice in Tuzla Region (Bosnia) every third inhabitant had the family name Bukvar.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Bukvar live in Croatia today, in two households only.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Pula (<5), Suzan on the Island of Krk (<5), and in Slavonski Brod (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bukvar (including: Buckvar , Bukvár , Buckwar , Bukwar , Buchevar , Bukkwar , Bhukwar and Buchuvar ) is present in 13 countries on four continents. "Buckvar " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Hanija Bukvar, Razija Bukvar, Meho Bukvar, Ševkija Bukvar, Šemsudin Bukvar, Samra Bukvar, Halil Bukvar

Mentions in sources

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

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