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Surname Houf in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Houf families are Czechs by relative majority (from Pakrac ), less frequently Croats (from Kutina ), and very rarely Hungarians (from Daruvar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pakrac and Kutina.
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Prevalence
About 30 people with faimily name Houf live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and 6 other places, mostly in Daruvar (15), Gornji Sredjani in Daruvar area (<10), Kutina (<10), Sibovac in Daruvar area (<5), and in Vukovec in Krizevci area (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Houf (including: Chenouf , Houff , Chaouf , Thiouf , Chouf , Chirouf , Charouf , Chalouf and Chrouf ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. The family name "Houf " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 200 in Czech Republic , and some 90 people in Morocco. "Houff " is used by some 600 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Thiouf " is used by some 300 people in Senegal and small number in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Emil Houf,
Božena Houf,
Valentina Houf,
Vesna Houf,
Franjo Houf,
Spomenko Houf,
Darko Houf,
Vitomir Houf,
Milica Houf,
Senka Houf,
Anita Houf,
Slavko Houf,
Tihomir Houf,
Josip Houf,
Ljerka Houf,
Vladimir Houf,
Hrvoje Houf,
Štefica Houf,
Bogumil Houf