Surname Jukić in modern Croatia

Jukić families are Croats and they are mostly from Imotski area. According to some sources they are from Bosnia, Istria and Bitelici near Sinj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Sinj. In Posušje in Herzegovina every fourth inhabitant had the family name Jukić.

Prevalence

About 6600 people with faimily name Jukić live in Croatia today, in 2700 households. There were 2900 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 97 cities and 409 other places, mostly in Zagreb (1055), Split (805), Osijek (220), Sinj (200), and in Slavonski Brod (180).

Outside Croatia

At least nine 1 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (33), Australia (17), the United States (10), Austria (9), Switzerland (7), Canada (4), Belgium (3), Sweden (3), France (2), the Netherlands (2), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Jukić (including: Jukic , Jukich , Yukich , Jucas , Yukic , Yucas , Jukitsch , Jucick and Juckich ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. The family name "Jukic " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 700 in Austria , and some 500 people in the United States. "Jukich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Canada. "Yukich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 80 in Canada , and some 80 people in New Zealand.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Jukić, Ante Jukić, Ferdinand Jukić, Irena Jukić, Robert Jukić, Mladen Jukić, Oliver Jukić, Tomislav Jukić, Vlado Jukić, Damir Jukić, Tonća Jukić, Marko Jukić, Dragan Jukić, Ivan Jukić, Dubravko Jukić, Mila Jukić, Ivana Jukić, Vjekoslav Jukić, Zvonimir Jukić

Mentions in sources

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

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