Surname Vuketić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Vuketić families are Croats (from Sisak ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sisak and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Vuketić live in Croatia today, in 15 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and 6 other places, mostly in Gusce (20), Zagreb (10), Krizevci (<10), Lukavec Posavski (<5), and in Sesvetski Kraljevec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vuketić (including: Vuketic , Vucetich , Vucetic , Vuchetich , Vuketich , Wucetich and Wuketich ) is present in 37 countries worldwide. "Vuketich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Vucetic " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in South Africa. "Vucetich " is used by some 200 people in Peru , about 100 in Argentina , and some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dario Vuketić, Marija Vuketić, Gordana Vuketić, Dubravko Vuketić, Sandra Vuketić, Nikola Vuketić, Ivan Vuketić, Pavica Vuketić, Damir Vuketić, Marijana Vuketić, Rudolf Vuketić, Vladimir Vuketić, Marica Vuketić, Sonja Vuketić, Mladen Vuketić, Dejan Vuketić, Ivana Vuketić, Mario Vuketić, Josipa Vuketić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over sixty times, the first time 1729 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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