Surname Lukan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Lukan families are Croats (from the Island of Solta ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Lukan live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Split (15), Sveta Marija in Prelog area (<10), Lepavina in Koprivnica area (<10), Srednje Selo on the Island of Solta (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lukan (including: Lucian , Lucan , Luchian , Luckan , Luchman , Luchan , Lukhan , Luchkan and Luekan ) is present in 76 countries worldwide. The family name "Lukan " is used by some 1000 people in Ukraine , about 500 in the United States , and some 400 people in South Africa. "Luekan " is used by few people in the United States. "Luckan " is used by some 500 people in South Africa , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Josip Lukan, Tomislav Lukan, Dragutin Lukan, Ivona Lukan, Biserka Lukan, Aleksa Lukan, Joško Lukan, Ani Lukan, Maja Lukan, Alma Lukan, Dina Lukan, Blaž Lukan, Ivan Lukan, Štefanija Lukan, Milica Lukan, Goran Lukan, Bernardina Lukan, Vinko Lukan, Walter Lukan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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