Surname Luke in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Luke families are Croats (from Karlovac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Luke live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in only threee Croatian places: in Gornje Stative (25), Karlovac (<10), and in Donje Stative in Duga Resa area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Luke (including: Luce , Lucke , Luecke , Luche , Lueke , Lukke , Lukhe , Lukee and Luckee ) is present in 159 countries worldwide. The family name "Luke " is used by some 40000 people in the United States , about 7000 in Papua New Guinea , and some 5000 people in Uganda. "Lueke " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and some 90 people in Canada. "Lucke " is used by some 8000 people in Germany , about 3000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Željko Luke, Snježana Luke, Vesna Luke, Marica Luke, Branko Luke, Zoran Luke, Darko Luke, Davor Luke, Peter Luke, Nada Luke, Damir Luke, Zdravko Luke, Zlatko Luke, Ivan Luke, Višnja Luke, Dora Luke, Marija Luke, Josip Luke, Stjepan Luke

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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