Surname Kuča in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kuča families are almost entirely Croats (from Lepoglava ), barely Slovenes. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lepoglava and Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Kuča live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Lepoglava (25), Varazdin (<10), Zagreb (<5), Ivanec (<5), and in Nova Kapela in Vrbovec area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kuča (including: Kuca , Kucha , Kucia , Kutscha , Kucka , Kucza , Kuecha , Kucca , Kuzza and Kueca ) is present in 103 countries worldwide. "Kutscha " is used by some 700 people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Austria. "Kuzza " is used by few people in the United States. "Kuecha " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Darko Kuča, Ljiljana Kuča, Zdenko Kuča, Zvjezdana Kuča, Danijel Kuča, Vlado Kuča, Sandra Kuča, Mladen Kuča, Dario Kuča, Predrag Kuča, Maja Kuča, Juraj Kuča, Željko Kuča, Dalibor Kuča, Kristina Kuča, Miljenko Kuča, Franjo Kuča, Marijan Kuča, Mato Kuča

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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