Surname Tukić in modern Croatia

Tukić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Solin area , rarely Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Solin area. In Kotlenice in Solin area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Tukić.

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Tukić live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Split (100), Kotlenice in Solin area (20), Zagreb (10), Krasic in Jastrebarsko area (10), and in Solin (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), the United States (1), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Tukić (including: Tukic , Tucas , Tukich , Tuhcic , Tucic , Tucich and Tukici ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. The family name "Tukic " is used by small number of people in Indonesia , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States. "Tukici " is used by few people in the United States. "Tucic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Ante Tukić, Tomislav Tukić, Asja Tukić, Denis Tukić, Zrinka Tukić, Branka Tukić, Damir Tukić, Marko Tukić, Davor Tukić, Dušan Tukić, Zehrudin Tukić, Anđelka Tukić, Ana Tukić, Dino Tukić, Igor Tukić, Jadranka Tukić, Slavko Tukić, Mladen Tukić, Dalibor Tukić

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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