Surname Lukas in modern Croatia

Lukas families are Croats and they are mostly from Pleternica area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Pleternica area.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Lukas live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Kastel Stari (30), Zagreb (15), Split (10), Caglin in Pleternica area (10), and in Karlovac (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Lukas (including: Lucas , Lukash , Lukasz , Luckas , Lukacz , Luukas , Lukkas , Lukass and Luckash ) is present in 173 countries worldwide. The family name "Lukas " is used by some 40000 people in Germany , about 20000 in Indonesia , and some 20000 people in the United States. "Luckas " is used by some 700 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Brazil. "Lukasz " is used by some 5000 people in Poland , about 100 in Germany , and some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marijana Lukas, Davorka Lukas, Neven Lukas, Ranko Lukas, Davor Lukas, Ivana Lukas, Ivica Lukas, Gordan Lukas, Zlatko Lukas, Mate Lukas, Ljubica Lukas, Filip Lukas, Donka Lukas, Margita Lukas, Ivan Lukas, Marko Lukas, Vanja Lukas, Tajna Lukas, Marin Lukas

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1683 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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