Surname Lucić in modern Croatia

Lucić families are Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanski Samac area) and in Drnis. In Pokrovnik in Drnis every third inhabitant had the family name Lucić.

Prevalence

About 1600 people with faimily name Lucić live in Croatia today, in 600 households. There were 670 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 60 cities and 123 other places, mostly in Zagreb (200), Slavonski Brod (130), Ruscica in Slavonski Brod area (80), Sibenik (75), and in Osijek (60).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lucić (including: Lucic , Lucich , Luccas , Luchici , Luchich , Lutzic , Luzich , Luzic , Lucitsch and Luzick ) is present in 59 countries worldwide. The family name "Lucic " is used by some 3000 people in Germany , about 1000 in Austria , and some 1000 people in the United States. "Lucich " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 300 in Peru , and some 100 people in Argentina. "Lucitsch " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dinko Lucić, Rino Lucić, Josip Lucić, Predrag Lucić, Drago Lucić, Radovan Lucić, Robert Lucić, Domagoj Lucić, Milan Lucić, Jasminka Lucić, Franjo Lucić, Krešimir Lucić, Saša Lucić, Hrvoje Lucić, Mirjana Lucić, Pero Lucić, Joso Lucić, Davor Lucić, Jelena Lucić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned about one hundred times, the first time 1729 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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