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Surname Kukec in modern Croatia
Kukec families are Croats and they are mostly from Ivanec area. According to some sources they are from Samobora. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin. In Grešćevina in Varazdinske Toplice every third inhabitant had the family name Kukec.
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Prevalence
About 1000 people with faimily name Kukec live in Croatia today, in 420 households. There were 1100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 36 cities and 107 other places, mostly in Zagreb (175), Varazdin (95), Koprivnica (70), Gornja Bistra in Oroslavje area (55), and in Gornja Voca in Ivanec area (45).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Kukec is present in 15 countries worldwide. The family name "Kukec " is used by some 100 people in Japan , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Kuketz " is used by some 50 people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Slavko Kukec,
Josip Kukec,
Ljiljana Kukec,
Vladimir Kukec,
Željko Kukec,
Mihael Kukec,
Dražen Kukec,
Aleksandar Kukec,
Ivana Kukec,
Helena Kukec,
Manuela Kukec,
Stjepan Kukec,
Boris Kukec,
Katja Kukec,
Bojana Kukec,
Zdravko Kukec,
Krunoslav Kukec,
Alan Kukec,
Marko Kukec
