Surname Kuka in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kuka families are Croats by relative majority (from Karlovac ), equally Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and Glina.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Kuka live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Karlovac (10), Buzeta (<10), Pula (<5), Glina (<5), and in Borovljani in Djurdjevac area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kuka (including: Kukka , Kucka , Kukah , Kukha , Kuuka , Kukaa , Khuka , Kueka and Kuecka ) is present in 126 countries worldwide. "Kuecka " is used by few people in the United States. "Kuchka " is used by some 60 people in Russian Federation , about 60 in Ukraine , and small number of people in the United States. "Kuukka " is used by some 200 people in Finland and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Kuka, Valentina Kuka, Marija Kuka, Dubravko Kuka, Slavica Kuka, Višnja Kuka, Branimir Kuka, Dragan Kuka, Zdravko Kuka, Stevo Kuka, Ymer Kuka, Marica Kuka, Milka Kuka, Nikola Kuka, Ana Kuka, Vida Kuka, Dušan Kuka, Ljubomir Kuka, Ljubica Kuka

Mentions in sources

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

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