Surname Kuk in modern Croatia

Kuk families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zlatar area.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Kuk live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Sesvete (<10), Ivanec Bistranski (<10), Globocec in Zlatar area (<10), and in Krizevci (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kuk (including: Kuck , Kuek , Kueck , Kukk , Kukh , Khuk , Khukh , Kuhk and Kuuk ) is present in 139 countries worldwide. "Kuck " is used by some 5000 people in Germany , about 3000 in the United States , and some 500 people in Brazil. "Kueck " is used by some 700 people in Germany , about 400 in the United States , and some 90 people in South Africa. "Kuuk " is used by few people in Indonesia , few people in Poland , and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mario Kuk, Krešimir Kuk, Vlado Kuk, Elizabet Kuk, Leonardo Kuk, Jadranka Kuk, Božena Kuk, Boris Kuk, Valerija Kuk, Ignac Kuk, Vladimir Kuk, Mihaela Kuk, Krunoslav Kuk, Juraj Kuk, Nataša Kuk, Tomislav Kuk, Vjekoslav Kuk, Zdravko Kuk, Hrvoje Kuk

Mentions in sources

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

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