Surname Lukacs in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lukacs families are mainly Croats (from Djakovo ), less frequently Hungarians (from Beli Manastir area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Beli Manastir area and in Bosanian Posavina (Brcko area).

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Lukacs live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and two other places, mostly in Djakovo (<5), Knezevi Vinogradi in Beli Manastir area (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Jelsa on the Island of Hvar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lukacs (including: Lukács , Luckacs and Lucacs ) is present in 47 countries worldwide. The family name "Lukacs " is used by some 20000 people in Hungary , about 10000 in Romania , and some 3000 people in the United States. "Lucacs " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Lukacs, Ladislaus Lukacs, Mirta Lukacs, Gyorgy Lukacs, Marta Lukacs, Ferenc Lukacs, Peter Lukacs, Iboljka Lukacs, Ladislav Lukacs, Ivan Lukacs, Rozalija Lukacs, Maria Lukacs, Marija Lukacs

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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