Surname Kuz in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kuz families are Croats (from Slavonski Brod area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Slavonski Brod and in Slavonski Brod area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Kuz live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in only threee naselja i to in Sibinj (<10) and Slobodnica (<10) in Slavonski Brod area, and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kuz (including: Cuz , Kuzh , Kuuz , Kuzz , Kuhz , Kuzzy , Ciuz , Chuz and Kuez ) is present in 71 countries worldwide. "Kuez " is used by few people in the United States. "Kuzzy " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Cuz " is used by some 900 people in Guatemala , about 500 in the United States , and some 300 people in Mexico.

Characteristic first names

Franjka Kuz, Dražen Kuz, Marica Kuz, Sven Kuz, Antun Kuz, Julija Kuz, Antonio Kuz, Petar Kuz, Jelka Kuz, Tomislav Kuz, Zdenko Kuz, Viktorija Kuz, Slavica Kuz, Boris Kuz, Magdalena Kuz, Laura Kuz, Mateo Kuz, Patrik Kuz, Lana Kuz

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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