Surname Suk in modern Croatia

Suk families are Croats and they are mostly from Nasice area. According to some sources they are from Hrvatskog Zagorja (near Krapina). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nasice area and in Nasice.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Suk live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Nasice (35), Osijek (25), Breznica Nasicka in Nasice area (15), Zagreb (15), and in Koska in Nasice area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Suk (including: Sukh , Suck , Shuk , Suek , Sueck , Szuk , Sukk , Suuk and Suhk ) is present in 119 countries worldwide. The family name "Suk " is used by some 20000 people in Korea (South) , about 4000 in Thailand , and some 2000 people in the United States. "Suek " is used by some 600 people in Indonesia , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Brazil. "Sueck " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Suk, Izidor Suk, Izabela Suk, Viktor Suk, Dubravko Suk, Slavko Suk, Valent Suk, Zvonko Suk, Dragutin Suk, Ana Suk, Jasenka Suk, Bernarda Suk, Vjekoslav Suk, Sanja Suk, Ivan Suk, Biljana Suk, Kristina Suk, Dražen Suk, Zlatko Suk

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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