Surname Bukvić in modern Croatia

Bukvić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Virovitica area , rarely Serbs and Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Zagreb. In Ježovec in Lepoglava area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Bukvić.

Prevalence

About 1300 people with faimily name Bukvić live in Croatia today, in 580 households. There were 1300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 54 cities and 133 other places, mostly in Zagreb (185), Zadar (105), Rijeka (65), Dubrovnik (65), and in Koprivnica (65).

Outside Croatia

At least 16 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (4), France (3), Germany (3), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (2), New Zealand (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Bukvić (including: Bukvic , Bukvich , Bukwich , Buckvich , Buckwich , Bukvics , Bukvych , Buckvic and Buckvicz ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. The family name "Bukvic " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 100 in Germany , and some 80 people in Czech Republic. "Bukvich " is used by some 60 people in Ukraine , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Buckvich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Bukvić, Jasminka Bukvić, Grgo Bukvić, Slobodan Bukvić, Davor Bukvić, Gordana Bukvić, Jasenka Bukvić, Nado Bukvić, Aida Bukvić, Snježana Bukvić, Branimir Bukvić, Branko Bukvić, Ivan Bukvić, Vjekoslav Bukvić, Valent Bukvić, Đuro Bukvić, Veseljko Bukvić, Neven Bukvić, Moris Bukvić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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