Surname Sučec in modern Croatia

Sučec families are Croats and they are mostly from Glina area. According to some sources the family name originates from France. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina and in Glina area. In places Donji Selkovac and Donja Bučica in Glina every fourth inhabitant had the family name Sučec.

Prevalence

About 390 people with faimily name Sučec live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 510 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 47 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Rozenica in Glina area (45), Velika Gorica (25), Sisak (25), and in Petrinja (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sučec (including: Sucec , Suchanec , Suchec , Sucech and Suchánec ) is present in 7 countries on two continents. The family name "Sucec " is used by some 80 people in the United States. "Suchec " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Sucech " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Davorin Sučec, Stjepan Sučec, Marica Sučec, Katarina Sučec, Mirko Sučec, Marijan Sučec, Tihomir Sučec, Ivan Sučec, Renato Sučec, Luka Sučec, Josip Sučec, Branka Sučec, Damir Sučec, Snježana Sučec, Dragan Sučec, Ignacija Sučec, Zlatica Sučec, Zlatko Sučec, Dijana Sučec

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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