Surname Pućo in modern Croatia

Pućo families are Croats and they are mostly from Drnis area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Drnis area and in Drnis.

Prevalence

About 130 people with faimily name Pućo live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Split (30), Ruzic in Drnis area (20), Otok in Vinkovci area (10), Zagreb (10), and in Kastel Sucurac (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pućo (including: Puco , Pucho , Puccio , Puzzo , Pucko , Puchko , Puchero , Pucio , Puchlo and Pucco ) is present in 57 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

Katarina Pućo, Zoran Pućo, Krešimir Pućo, Miroslav Pućo, Biserka Pućo, Zdravko Pućo, Katica Pućo, Joso Pućo, Vanja Pućo, Ante Pućo, Marija Pućo, Goran Pućo, Jure Pućo, Ivana Pućo, Nives Pućo, Martina Pućo, Marinela Pućo, Vedran Pućo, Mirko Pućo

Mentions in sources

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

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