Surname Kuvačić in modern Croatia

Kuvačić families are Croats and they are mostly from Omis. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Omis. In Gata in Omis every fifth inhabitant had the family name Kuvačić.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Kuvačić live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Gata (75), Split (55), Omis (50), Zagreb (15), and in Cepin in Osijek area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kuvačić is present in five countries on four continents. The family name "Kuvacic " is used by small number of people in Australia and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dalija Kuvačić, Ivan Kuvačić, Nikola Kuvačić, Jure Kuvačić, Marijo Kuvačić, Ana Kuvačić, Katica Kuvačić, Ranko Kuvačić, Boris Kuvačić, Mira Kuvačić, Mario Kuvačić, Davor Kuvačić, Mladenka Kuvačić, Vera Kuvačić, Lidija Kuvačić, Julija Kuvačić, Milena Kuvačić, Gabrijela Kuvačić, Tea Kuvačić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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