Surname Sučić in modern Croatia

Sučić families are Croats and they are mostly from east Herzegovina. According to some sources they are from Baske Voda or Trilj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Livno area) and in Middle Bosnia (Travnik area). In Strizirep in Sinj area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Sučić.

Prevalence

About 2100 people with faimily name Sučić live in Croatia today, in 830 households. There were 1400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 74 cities and 168 other places, mostly in Zagreb (340), Split (230), Djakovo (80), Vinkovci (55), and in Osijek (50).

Outside Croatia

At least 75 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (41), Germany (15), Australia (7), Austria (7), Switzerland (3), Mexico (1), and to New Zealand (1).
Family name Sučić (including: Sucic , Sucich , Szucsich , Suchich , Suchnick , Sucick and Suchici ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. The family name "Sucic " is used by some 900 people in Germany , about 600 in the United States , and some 300 people in Argentina. "Sucich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in New Zealand , and small number of people in Australia. "Sucick " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Sučić, Suzana Sučić, Tatjana Sučić, Branka Sučić, Goran Sučić, Ivana Sučić, Mirna Sučić, Mate Sučić, Zvonimir Sučić, Ines Sučić, Stipe Sučić, Boris Sučić, Hrvoje Sučić, Dražen Sučić, Ivor Sučić, Mario Sučić, Katica Sučić, Stjepan Sučić, Davor Sučić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over sixty times, the first time 1571 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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