Surname Luč in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Luč families are generally Croats (from Bosnian Krajina ), rarely Ukrainians (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosnian Krajina (Prijedor area) and in Zagreb. In Kamičani in Bosnian Krajina every hundredth inhabitant had the family name Luč.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Luč live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only two naselja i to in Zagreb (<10) and Kucilovina (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Luč (including: Luc , Luck , Luch , Lutsch , Lucz , Luci , Lucs , Luec , Lucth and Luetsch ) is present in 158 countries worldwide. "Lutsch " is used by some 2000 people in Germany , about 500 in the United States , and some 200 people in Romania. "Lucz " is used by some 300 people in Hungary , small number in the United States , and small number of people in the Philippines. "Lucth " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marica Luč, Stjepan Luč, Iva Luč, Andrea Luč, Dmitar Luč, Marko Luč, Sonja Luč, Ljubica Luč, Slavko Luč, Dragica Luč, Aleksander Luč, Zoran Luč, Marija Luč, Danica Luč, Aleksandar Luč, Aleksandra Luč, Mitar Luč, Nada Luč

Mentions in sources

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

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