Surname Kukanić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kukanić families are generally Croats (from Opatija area ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Banat, Vojvodina and in Kastav.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Kukanić live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Rijeka (<10), Klana in Opatija area (<5), and in Brncici (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kukanić (including: Kukanic , Kukanich , Cucanic , Kukanych and Cucanich ) is present in 6 countries on four continents. The family name "Kukanic " is used by few people in the United States. "Kukanich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Cucanich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jasna Kukanić, Ivan Kukanić, Nada Kukanić, Dejan Kukanić, Marko Kukanić, Paško Kukanić, Zdenko Kukanić, Biljana Kukanić, Ruža Kukanić, Marija Kukanić, Zvonko Kukanić, Jaga Kukanić, Ivona Kukanić, Albina Kukanić, Josip Kukanić, Mate Kukanić, Milka Kukanić, Mirko Kukanić, Paškval Kukanić

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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