Surname Duka in modern Croatia

Duka families are Croats and they are mostly from Zadar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Split. In Babindub in Zadar every second inhabitant had the family name Duka.

Prevalence

About 270 people with faimily name Duka live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Zadar (95), Split (70), Osijek (25), Zagreb (15), and in Porec (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Duka (including: Dukka , Dhuka , Dukha , Ducka , Dukkaa , Duhkha , Dukah , Dukaa and Dduka ) is present in 89 countries worldwide. "Dukka " is used by some 80 people in Indonesia and small number in the United States. "Dhuka " is used by some 1000 people in Pakistan , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Indonesia. "Dhukka " is used by some 300 people in Pakistan and about 100 in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zdenko Duka, Ilonka Duka, Božidar Duka, Alen Duka, Eduard Duka, Rašeljka Duka, Denis Duka, Josip Duka, Damir Duka, Goran Duka, Senka Duka, Mario Duka, Slavica Duka, Marinko Duka, Maja Duka, Ivan Duka, Alida Duka, Domagoj Duka, Davorka Duka

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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