Surname Kučera in modern Croatia

Kučera families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina , also Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ), very rarely Czechs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 140 people with faimily name Kučera live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Beli Manastir (15), Zagreb (15), Osijek (15), Slavonski Brod (10), and in Koncanica in Daruvar area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kučera (including: Kucera , Kuchera , Kutschera , Kuczera , Kucsera , Kucherera , Kuchenera , Cucera , Kuciera and Kuchemera ) is present in 55 countries worldwide. The family name "Kucera " is used by some 10000 people in Czech Republic , about 5000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Slovakia. "Kuchera " is used by some 900 people in the United States , about 500 in Ukraine , and some 400 people in Russian Federation. "Kutschera " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 800 in Austria , and some 200 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mario Kučera, Bandi Kučera, Vlado Kučera, Hana Kučera, Karmen Kučera, Tomislav Kučera, Nenad Kučera, Sahide Kučera, Oton Kučera, Dragutin Kučera, Mirela Kučera, Blaženka Kučera, Miroslav Kučera, Roman Kučera, Tanja Kučera, Ružica Kučera, Zlatko Kučera, Zvonimir Kučera, Betilija Kučera

Mentions in sources

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

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