Surname Vuka in modern Croatia

Vuka families are Croats and they are mostly from Solin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Solin area.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Vuka live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Prugovo in Solin area (45), Split (30), Donji Dolac (15), Osijek (10), and in Turjaci (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vuka (including: Wuka , Vucha , Vukka , Vuca , Vhuka , Vucka , Vuuka , Vueka and Vuqa ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Vuka " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Vuca " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Vucha " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dinko Vuka, Dominik Vuka, Darinka Vuka, Josip Vuka, Ankica Vuka, Andrija Vuka, Antonija Vuka, Katarzyna Vuka, Jure Vuka, Katja Vuka, Davor Vuka, Mario Vuka, Marina Vuka, Ilija Vuka, Ivan Vuka, Iva Vuka, Anica Vuka, Dubravka Vuka, Duje Vuka

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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