Surname Kukina in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kukina families are Croats (from Slunj ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vinkovci and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Kukina live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Varazdin (10), Sesvete (<5), Slunj (<5), and in Karlobag in Pag area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kukina (including: Kuchina , Chukina , Kuchkina , Kucina , Kuchmina , Cukina , Kuchinina , Kukhina and Khuchkina ) is present in 55 countries worldwide. "Kucyna " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Cucina " is used by some 600 people in Italy , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Kukina, Marina Kukina, Ivan Kukina, Damir Kukina, Hrvoje Kukina, Tomislav Kukina, Maja Kukina, Stjepan Kukina, Olgica Kukina, Dijana Kukina, Ivica Kukina, Vinka Kukina, Marijan Kukina, Zdravko Kukina, Marija Kukina, Mario Kukina, Milan Kukina, Vladimir Kukina, Jadranka Kukina

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1943 in source Directorium ARCHI-DIOECESI ZAGREBIENSI.

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