Surname Puk in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Puk families are Croats (from Djakovo area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djakovo area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Puk live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in two Croatian counties, in one city and another small place , mostly in Semeljci in Djakovo area (<10) and Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Puk (including: Pukh , Puck , Puchko , Puchka , Pukk , Puhk , Puek , Puchki and Phuk ) is present in 117 countries worldwide. "Puck " is used by some 900 people in Germany , about 500 in the United States , and some 200 people in Thailand. "Puhk " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Phuk " is used by few people in Indonesia and few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mirko Puk, Gerald Puk, Zrinka Puk, Marcela Puk, Ivan Puk, Iva Puk, Damir Puk, Adam Puk, Antun Puk, Marija Puk, Ana Puk, Zdravko Puk, Ivka Puk, Tomislav Puk, Marko Puk, Matej Puk, Kata Puk, Anica Puk, Paulina Puk

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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