In Croatia, Puc families are almost entirely Croats (from Valpovo area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and Osijek.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Puc live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and four other places, mostly in Bjelovar (10), Koprivnica (<10), Antunovac in Osijek area (<10), Samatovci in Valpovo area (<10), and in Reka (<5).
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.