Surname Dukan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Dukan families are Croats (from Trogir area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Trogir area.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Dukan live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and threee other places, mostly in Split (25), Trogir (15), Bristivica in Trogir area (<10), Novska (<10), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Dukan (including: Dukhan , Duchan , Ducan , Duchman , Dhukhan , Dhukan , Dukaan , Dukkhan and Ducann ) is present in 57 countries worldwide. "Ducan " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 200 in Romania , and some 100 people in France. "Duchan " is used by some 300 people in Israel , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Czech Republic. "Duchman " is used by some 90 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Feliks Dukan, Joško Dukan, Jurica Dukan, Mirjana Dukan, Marina Dukan, Jelena Dukan, Jela Dukan, Nevenka Dukan, Matko Dukan, Spomenka Dukan, Jakov Dukan, Ivana Dukan, Ivica Dukan, Alen Dukan, Ina Dukan, Dalibor Dukan, Anita Dukan, Ante Dukan, Zvonko Dukan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1936 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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