Surname Macuka in modern Croatia

Macuka families are Croats and they are mostly from Pazin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Pazin. In Loborika in Pula area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Macuka.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Macuka live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Pula (35), Sveti Petar u Sumi in Pazin area (25), Loborika in Pula area (15), Biograd na moru (10), and in Slavonski Brod (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (3), Sweden (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Macuka (including: Machuca , Macucha , Machuka , Mazuka , Machukha , Mazzuka , Matzuka , Macuca and Machucka ) is present in 68 countries worldwide. "Mazuka " is used by some 100 people in Tanzania , about 70 in Japan , and small number of people in the United States. "Matzuka " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Mazzuka " is used by small number of people in Venezuela , small number in Spain , and small number of people in Argentina , small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivana Macuka, Vinko Macuka, Vilma Macuka, Oriana Macuka, Marko Macuka, Damir Macuka, Daniel Macuka, Anita Macuka, Siniša Macuka, Robert Macuka, Nenad Macuka, Andrijana Macuka, Darin Macuka, Ivan Macuka, Nikola Macuka, Antonijo Macuka, Livio Macuka, Viliam Macuka, Kristina Macuka

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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