Surname Kuić in modern Croatia

Kuić families are Croats and they are mostly from Omis area. According to some sources they are from Bosnia, or Imotski area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Omis area and in Osijek.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Kuić live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are only located in in 8 Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Split (40), Osijek (20), Djakovo (20), Zagreb (10), and in Solin (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kuić (including: Kuich , Kuicheu , Kuic , Kuick , Kuieck , Cuic , Kuyck , Quic , Khuich and Kuichi ) is present in 94 countries worldwide. The family name "Kuic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kuich " is used by some 500 people in Poland , about 50 in Ukraine , and small number of people in the United States. "Kuick " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Mexico , and small number of people in Malaysia.

Characteristic first names

Jure Kuić, Zvonka Kuić, Tihomir Kuić, Marko Kuić, Vesna Kuić, Ivanka Kuić, Ornela Kuić, Mara Kuić, Frano Kuić, Katarina Kuić, Robert Kuić, Daniela Kuić, Ivan Kuić, Mateo Kuić, Marija Kuić, Jurica Kuić, Filip Kuić, Maja Kuić, Dolores Kuić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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