Surname Lučić in modern Croatia

Lučić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia (Bugojno, Gracanica). According to some sources they are from Neretvanska krajine, very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Brcko area) and in Middle Bosnia (Jajce area). In places Seoci , Vesela and Velika Bukovica in Middle Bosnia every fourth inhabitant had the family name Lučić.

Prevalence

About 3800 people with faimily name Lučić live in Croatia today, in 1600 households. There were 1900 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 90 cities and 333 other places, mostly in Zagreb (530), Split (175), Sikirevci in Zupanja area (140), Rijeka (120), and in Dubrovnik (110).

Outside Croatia

At least 67 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (23), the United States (12), Austria (11), Australia (9), Switzerland (3), Argentina (2), Belgium (2), the Netherlands (1), the United Kingdom (1), Sweden (1), France (1), and to Brazil (1).
Family name Lučić (including: Lucic , Lucich , Luchich , Luchici , Luchnick , Luchic , Lucassi , Lutschini , Lutschkin and Lucitsch ) is present in 169 countries worldwide. The family name "Lucic " is used by some 3000 people in Germany , about 1000 in Austria , and some 1000 people in the United States. "Lucich " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 300 in Peru , and some 100 people in Argentina. "Lucitsch " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Gordana Lučić, Mladen Lučić, Nino Lučić, Ivica Lučić, Maris Lučić, Marijana Lučić, Zdravko Lučić, Kata Lučić, Davor Lučić, Mato Lučić, Vlado Lučić, Vitomir Lučić, Igor Lučić, Tomislav Lučić, Maro Lučić, Marija Lučić, Ivan Lučić, Zdenko Lučić, Damir Lučić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over a hundred times, the first time 1729 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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