Surname Kuček in modern Croatia

Kuček families are Croats and they are mostly from Novi Marof. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novi Marof and Bjelovar. In Remetinec in Novi Marof every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Kuček.

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Kuček live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 190 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Remetinec (20), Stara Ploscica in Bjelovar area (20), Petlovac in Beli Manastir area (20), Zagreb (15), and in Bjelovar (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kuček (including: Kucek , Kuczek , Kucharek , Kutschke , Kutsche , Kuchek , Kutschker , Kutschenko , Kuchmek and Kucheck ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. The family name "Kucek " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 300 in Brazil , and some 100 people in Czech Republic. "Kuchek " is used by some 70 people in the United States. "Kucheck " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Kuček, Ida Kuček, Martina Kuček, Hrvoje Kuček, Ivor Kuček, Robert Kuček, Anđelko Kuček, Tomislav Kuček, Zoran Kuček, Zdravko Kuček, Nenad Kuček, Blaženka Kuček, Ernest Kuček, Tihomir Kuček, Dražen Kuček, Gordana Kuček, Dijana Kuček, Danijel Kuček, Renato Kuček

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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