Surname Vukčević in modern Croatia

Vukčević families can be both Croats (the family name originates from Petrinja area ) and Serbs and Montenegrins (from Podgorica, Montenegro ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Obrovac and Sisak. In Krupa in Obrovac every sixth inhabitant had the family name Vukčević.

Prevalence

About 230 people with faimily name Vukčević live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 330 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 27 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Split (15), Velika Gorica (15), Zadar (10), and in Cepin in Osijek area (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Vukčević (including: Vukcevic , Vukcevich ) is present in 23 countries on four continents. The family name "Vukcevic " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Switzerland , and some 100 people in France. "Vukcevich " is used by some 90 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Lidija Vukčević, Slavica Vukčević, Josip Vukčević, Mladen Vukčević, Sanja Vukčević, Miroslav Vukčević, Radmila Vukčević, Davorka Vukčević, Zdenka Vukčević, Ivan Vukčević, Indira Vukčević, Dejan Vukčević, Milija Vukčević, Tina Vukčević, Marina Vukčević, Daša Vukčević, Domagoj Vukčević, Đurđa Vukčević, Novak Vukčević

Mentions in sources

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

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