Surname Kunc in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kunc families are almost entirely Croats (from Velika Gorica area ), very rarely Slovenes (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Ivanic-Grad. In Greda in Sisak every seventieth inhabitant had the family name Kunc.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Kunc live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Gladovec Kravarski in Velika Gorica area (<5), Sesvete (<5), Velika Gorica (<5), and in Gornji Stupnik in Samobor area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kunc (including: Kunz , Kuntz , Kuentz , Kuntzsch , Kunch , Kuenz , Kuncz , Kuhnz and Kunchhe ) is present in 93 countries worldwide. "Kunz " is used by some 50000 people in Germany , about 20000 in the United States , and some 7000 people in Switzerland. "Kuntz " is used by some 20000 people in the United States , about 6000 in Germany , and some 4000 people in France. "Kuncz " is used by some 100 people in Hungary , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in Romania.

Characteristic first names

Ninoslav Kunc, Mario Kunc, Zinka Kunc, Tatjana Kunc, Božidar Kunc, Janez Kunc, Barica Kunc, Marija Kunc, Martina Kunc, Robert Kunc, Karla Kunc, Vesna Kunc, Jasna Kunc, Kristinka Kunc, Nenad Kunc, Ivan Kunc, Davor Kunc, Marko Kunc, Antonija Kunc

Mentions in sources

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

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