Surname Pučić in modern Croatia

Pučić families are Croats and they are mostly from Zapresic area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Zagreb. In Pucići in Pazin area every second inhabitant had the family name Pučić.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Pučić live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Jakovlje in Zapresic area (25), Zagreb (25), Split (15), Pula (10), and in Zminj in Pazin area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Pučić (including: Pucic , Putschli , Puchich , Pucich , Phucas , Puchnick , Putschi and Pucas ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. The family name "Pucic " is used by small number of people in Canada and small number in the United States. "Puchnick " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Phucas " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Petra Pučić, Ivan Pučić, Jasminka Pučić, Marijan Pučić, Josip Pučić, Mario Pučić, Silvano Pučić, Jurica Pučić, Davorka Pučić, Boris Pučić, Mirko Pučić, Andrea Pučić, Petar Pučić, Marijo Pučić, Zora Pučić, Franjo Pučić, Zdravka Pučić, Loredana Pučić, Karolina Pučić

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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