Surname Vuk in modern Croatia

Vuk families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Middle Bosnia (Skender Vakuf area). In places Zapeće and Zubovići in Middle Bosnia every fourth inhabitant had the family name Vuk.

Prevalence

About 1800 people with faimily name Vuk live in Croatia today, in 760 households. There were 1700 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 64 cities and 230 other places, mostly in Zagreb (340), Prelog (65), Cakovec (60), Slatina (50), and in Cernik in Nova Gradiska area (45).

Outside Croatia

At least 31 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (11), France (7), Switzerland (3), Australia (2), the United Kingdom (2), the United States (2), Spain (1), Canada (1), Uruguay (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Vuk (including: Vuc , Vucha , Vucci , Vuek , Vuch , Vuck , Vuchko , Vuci and Wuk ) is present in 54 countries worldwide. The family name "Vuk " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and some 90 people in Canada. "Vuci " is used by few people in the United States. "Vucha " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Saša Vuk, Jasna Vuk, Branka Vuk, Ivan Vuk, Sonja Vuk, Larisa Vuk, Josip Vuk, Vlasta Vuk, Željko Vuk, Ružica Vuk, Blaženka Vuk, Denis Vuk, Stjepan Vuk, Tomislav Vuk, Zdenko Vuk, Zoran Vuk, Anđelko Vuk, Susanna Vuk, Gordana Vuk

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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