Surname Pučo in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pučo families are Croats (from the Island of Brac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on the Island of Brac and in Split.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Pučo live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Supetar on the Island of Brac (<10), Vinkovci (<5), in Nerezisca (<5) and Novo Selo (<5) on the Island of Brac, and in Zadar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pučo (including: Puco , Pucho , Puccio , Puzzo , Pucko , Puchko , Puchero , Pucio , Puchlo and Pucco ) is present in 58 countries worldwide. The family name "Puco " is used by some 500 people in Ecuador , about 300 in the United States , and some 80 people in Peru. "Puzzo " is used by some 1000 people in Italy , about 700 in the United States , and some 300 people in Argentina. "Pucio " is used by some 300 people in the Philippines , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Iskra Pučo, Jelena Pučo, Denis Pučo, Đuro Pučo, Zoran Pučo, Božidar Pučo, Lucija Pučo, Matko Pučo, Tomislava Pučo, Pero Pučo, Kata Pučo, Križanka Pučo, Josip Pučo, Dragica Pučo, Željka Pučo, Aleksandra Pučo, Žana Pučo, Andrea Pučo, Kristina Pučo

Mentions in sources

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

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