Surname Luketina in modern Croatia

Luketina families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Gornji Vakuf area) and in Makarska. In places Pidriš and Mošćanica in Middle Bosnia every sixth inhabitant had the family name Luketina.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Luketina live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Vodjinci in Vinkovci area (20), Tucepi in Makarska area (20), Zagreb (10), Veli Losinj on the Island of Losinj (<10), and in Sinj (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Luketina is present in 8 countries on three continents.

Characteristic first names

Marko Luketina, Ivan Luketina, Ivo Luketina, Zvonimir Luketina, Mato Luketina, Josip Luketina, Ankica Luketina, Nihada Luketina, Danijel Luketina, Anira Luketina, Ana Luketina, Mirjana Luketina, Ilija Luketina, Katarina Luketina, Marija Luketina, Žarko Luketina, Tonći Luketina, Pero Luketina, Martina Luketina

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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