Surname Kluka in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kluka families are Croats (from Cakovec ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Kluka live in Croatia today, in one household only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Cakovec (<10) and Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kluka (including: Chiluka , Klucka , Klucha , Cluka , Cheluka , Klucká , Kluchka , Klucheva and Kluchina ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. The family name "Kluka " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 200 in Poland , and some 200 people in Slovakia. "Klucka " is used by some 900 people in Slovakia , about 800 in Czech Republic , and some 100 people in the United States. "Klucha " is used by some 300 people in Poland , small number in Slovakia , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zdenka Kluka, Zdenko Kluka, Branko Kluka, Siniša Kluka, Franjo Kluka, Štefanija Kluka, Juraj Kluka, Andrija Kluka

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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