Surname Kukić in modern Croatia

Kukić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina , often Serbs, very rarely Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Hrvatska Kostajnica area and in Zagreb. In Gorička in Hrvatska Kostajnica area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Kukić.

Prevalence

About 840 people with faimily name Kukić live in Croatia today, in 400 households. There were 1200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 55 cities and 105 other places, mostly in Zagreb (175), Rijeka (45), Osijek (30), Goricka in Hrvatska Kostajnica area (25), and in Sisak (25).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), Belgium (1), France (1), the United States (1), Australia (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Kukić (including: Kucic , Kukic , Kukich , Kucas , Kucich , Kuchicha , Kuchmich , Cukic , Cukich and Kuchic ) is present in 44 countries worldwide. The family name "Kukic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 60 in Germany , and some 50 people in Austria. "Kukich " is used by some 200 people in the United States. "Kucic " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 100 in Australia , and some 90 people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Srećko Kukić, Gorana Kukić, Nenad Kukić, Ivica Kukić, Ante Kukić, Višnja Kukić, Miljana Kukić, Željko Kukić, Larisa Kukić, Radoslav Kukić, Boris Kukić, Damir Kukić, Ivan Kukić, Vlatko Kukić, Dario Kukić, Katarina Kukić, Azra Kukić, Marinko Kukić, Edvin Kukić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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