Surname Vučina in modern Croatia

Vučina families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from east Herzegovina , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Mostar area) and in Zagreb. In Goljak in Jastrebarsko every tenth inhabitant had the family name Vučina.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Vučina live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 19 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Split (20), Privlaka (15), Metkovic (15), and in Vinkovci (10).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (1) and the United States (1).
Family name Vučina (including: Vucina , Wuchina , Vuchina and Wucsina ) is present in 14 countries worldwide. The family name "Vucina " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Chile , and small number of people in Canada. "Wuchina " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Wucsina " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Vučina, Darko Vučina, Marija Vučina, Zoran Vučina, Sanja Vučina, Nedjeljka Vučina, Teodora Vučina, Marko Vučina, Zlatko Vučina, Paula Vučina, Nikola Vučina, Zdravko Vučina, Drago Vučina, Silvija Vučina, Mladen Vučina, Marica Vučina, Srđan Vučina, Danijela Vučina, Diana Vučina

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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