Surname Tuka in modern Croatia

Tuka families are Croats and they are mostly from east Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in East Herzegovina (Gacko area) and in Middle Bosnia (Sarajevo area). In places Lužine and Božići in Bosnian Krajina every third inhabitant had the family name Tuka.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Tuka live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Pula (10), Galizana in Pula area (10), Zagreb (<10), Dubrovnik (<10), and in Bjelovar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Tuka (including: Tuca , Tucka , Tueka , Tukka , Tukha , Tukah , Thukka , Thuka and Thukha ) is present in 73 countries worldwide. "Thuka " is used by few people in the United States. "Tucka " is used by some 500 people in Poland , about 100 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in the United States. "Thucha " is used by few people in the United States and few people in Zimbabwe.

Characteristic first names

Neven Tuka, Pero Tuka, Meliha Tuka, Mato Tuka, Kristina Tuka, Adela Tuka, Elizabeta Tuka, Anđelko Tuka, Zvjezdan Tuka, Dejan Tuka, Luka Tuka, Slavko Tuka, Jela Tuka, Mladen Tuka, Zdravko Tuka, Anđelka Tuka, Ivanka Tuka, Mario Tuka, Antonija Tuka

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1943 in source Directorium ARCHI-DIOECESI ZAGREBIENSI.

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