Surname Vucić in modern Croatia

Vucić families are Croats and they are mostly from Knin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Bosanian Posavina (Odzak area). In Čitluk in Knin area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Vucić.

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Vucić live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 18 cities and 17 other places, mostly in Slavonski Brod (35), Zagreb (35), Rijeka (35), Zadar (30), and in Piskorevci (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vucić (including: Vucic , Vucich , Vuzic , Vuchich , Wuchich and Vuchic ) is present in 29 countries on four continents. The family name "Vucic " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and some 60 people in Australia. "Vucich " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in New Zealand. "Vuchic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Pejo Vucić, Stjepan Vucić, Ivan Vucić, Elik Vucić, Ružica Vucić, Mira Vucić, Nikola Vucić, Marijana Vucić, Jozo Vucić, Alen Vucić, Milan Vucić, Mario Vucić, Ivana Vucić, Marica Vucić, Nenad Vucić, Alma Vucić, Tomislav Vucić, Sandra Vucić, Nada Vucić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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