Surname Mukavec in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Mukavec families are almost entirely Croats (from Kutina area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Kutina area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Mukavec live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (10), Jakovlje in Zapresic area (<10), Kutina (<10), Donja Gracenica in Kutina area (<5), and in Kraljev Vrh in Zapresic area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Mukavec is present in four countries on three continents. The family name "Mukavec " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Mukavetz " is used by some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Slavko Mukavec, Marijan Mukavec, Josip Mukavec, Ivica Mukavec, Dunja Mukavec, Suzana Mukavec, Miško Mukavec, Milena Mukavec, Vlado Mukavec, Ika Mukavec, Mijo Mukavec, Goran Mukavec, Ljerka Mukavec, Ivan Mukavec, Nataša Mukavec, Marija Mukavec, Marko Mukavec, Katica Mukavec, Mato Mukavec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1938 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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