Surname Fuks in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Fuks families are generally Croats (from Djakovo area ), barely Czechs (from Garesnica area ), and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Fuks live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Slatina (<10), Dugo Selo (<10), Brncici (<10), Bjelovar (<5), and in Rovinj (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Fuks (including: Fuchs , Fux , Fuches , Fucks , Füchs , Fuchss , Fuksz , Fucs and Fuecks ) is present in 102 countries worldwide. "Fucs " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Fuchs " is used by some 200000 people in Germany , about 30000 in the United States , and some 20000 people in Austria. "Fuches " is used by some 50 people in the United States and small number in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Dragica Fuks, Ladislav Fuks, Blaženko Fuks, Darko Fuks, Gordana Fuks, Suzana Fuks, Đuro Fuks, Jasminka Fuks, Glen Fuks, Mario Fuks, Željko Fuks, Snježana Fuks, Mihajlo Fuks, Krešimir Fuks, Anica Fuks, Mato Fuks, Branka Fuks, Đurđica Fuks, Marina Fuks

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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