Surname Pucej in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Pucej families are Croats (from Krizevci area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and Ivanec.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Pucej live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Zagreb (<5), Bjelovar (<5), and in Skrinjari (<5) and Markovac Krizevacki (<5) in Krizevci area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Pucej (including: Puzey , Pucely , Puchey , Putzey and Pucey ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. "Puzey " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 100 in Great Britain , and some 100 people in Indonesia. "Putzey " is used by few people in the United States. "Pucely " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Sanja Pucej, Aldijana Pucej, Jurica Pucej, Ivica Pucej, Josipa Pucej, Vesna Pucej, Katarina Pucej, Ljubica Pucej, Lucija Pucej, Miroslav Pucej, Ljudevit Pucej, Franjo Pucej, Marica Pucej, Ana Pucej, Nada Pucej, Loren Pucej, Alex Pucej, Ivka Pucej, Dragutin Pucej

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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