Surname Lukšić in modern Croatia

Lukšić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Brac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Split. In Kostanjevec Podvrški in Samobor every fourth inhabitant had the family name Lukšić.

Prevalence

About 1000 people with faimily name Lukšić live in Croatia today, in 450 households. There were 1100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 49 cities and 107 other places, mostly in Zagreb (115), Split (70), Sutivan on the Island of Brac (65), Rijeka (35), and in Pula (30).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lukšić (including: Luksic , Luksich , Lukshic and Lucksich ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. The family name "Luksic " is used by some 800 people in Chile , about 800 in Bolivia , and some 700 people in the United States. "Luksich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 80 in South Africa , and small number of people in Australia. "Lucksich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Hinko Lukšić, Mojca Lukšić, Branimir Lukšić, Ivica Lukšić, Tugomir Lukšić, Toni Lukšić, Branko Lukšić, Irena Lukšić, Claudio Lukšić, Gordana Lukšić, Zvonimir Lukšić, Marijan Lukšić, Dražen Lukšić, Damir Lukšić, Boris Lukšić, Darko Lukšić, Luciano Lukšić, Jadran Lukšić, Mladen Lukšić

Mentions in sources

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

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