Surname Kukan in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Kukan live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 6 other places, mostly in Petrijanec in Varazdin area (<10), Vinica in Ivanec area (<5), Pula (<5), Varazdin (<5), and in Mursko Sredisce (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kukan (including: Kucan , Cukan , Kuchan , Kucsan , Kukann , Kukhan , Kuckkan , Kukhahn and Kuekan ) is present in 53 countries worldwide. The family name "Kukan " is used by some 600 people in Sri Lanka , about 300 in Slovakia , and some 300 people in the United States. "Kuekan " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kukhahn " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Siniša Kukan, Marina Kukan, Miroslav Kukan, Mirko Kukan, Milica Kukan, Barbara Kukan, Mladen Kukan, Damir Kukan, Biserka Kukan, Franjo Kukan, Stjepan Kukan, Ružica Kukan, Darko Kukan, Ivanka Kukan, Jasmina Kukan, Krunoslav Kukan, Lucija Kukan, Marica Kukan, Ivan Kukan

Mentions in sources

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

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