Surname Kruc in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Kruc live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian cities only, in Zagreb (55) and Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kruc (including: Kruz , Krutz , Kruch , Krutzsch , Cruc , Kruetz , Kruez , Krucz and Kruec ) is present in 167 countries worldwide. The family name "Kruc " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Poland , and small number of people in Canada. "Kruz " is used by some 1000 people in Mexico , about 700 in Brazil , and some 300 people in the United States. "Krutz " is used by some 700 people in the United States , about 300 in Germany , and some 80 people in Austria.

Characteristic first names

Davorka Kruc, Sandro Kruc, Bernardo Kruc, Tomislav Kruc, Tihomir Kruc, Igor Kruc, Tea Kruc, Karmen Kruc, Kristijan Kruc, Mirela Kruc, Zdravko Kruc, Lidija Kruc, Dražen Kruc, Nikola Kruc, Andrija Kruc, Biserka Kruc, Miroslava Kruc, Dijana Kruc, Renato Kruc

Mentions in sources

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

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