Surname Pucić in modern Croatia

Pucić 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 Pazin area and in Pula. In Pucići in Pazin area every third inhabitant had the family name Pucić.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Pucić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in in 8 Croatian cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zminj in Pazin area (25), Pula (25), Rovinj (15), Zagreb (<10), and in Novska (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pucić (including: Pucic , Puzic , Puzicha , Puzich , Pucich , Puzych , Puchich , Puzick and Putzich ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Pucic " is used by small number of people in Canada and small number in the United States. "Puzic " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 70 in the United States , and some 70 people in Norway. "Puzick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vinko Pucić, Mladen Pucić, Dean Pucić, Irina Pucić, Milena Pucić, Robert Pucić, Sandro Pucić, Anđelko Pucić, Radovan Pucić, Valentina Pucić, Nives Pucić, Aleksandar Pucić, Iva Pucić, Medo Pucić, Sanjin Pucić, Frano Pucić, Mirela Pucić, Sania Pucić, Milan Pucić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1664 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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