Surname Vukić in modern Croatia

Vukić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Pasman (Tribanj) and according to some sources from Karlobag area (Sveta Magdalena, Sveta Marija), or from Cepikuce near Dubrovnik, and rarely Serbs and Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Zagreb. In Tribanj on the Island of Pasman every third inhabitant had the family name Vukić.

Prevalence

About 2300 people with faimily name Vukić live in Croatia today, in 970 households. There were 1900 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 73 cities and 182 other places, mostly in Zadar (300), Zagreb (260), Rijeka (160), Vrsi (110), and in Split (100).

Outside Croatia

At least 32 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (11), the United States (9), Germany (7), Austria (2), New Zealand (1), Norway (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Vukić (including: Vukich , Vuckic , Vukic , Vucic , Vucich , Wukich , Vuchich , Vucas , Vuchnich and Vuchic ) is present in 36 countries worldwide. The family name "Vukic " is used by some 400 people in Turkmenistan , about 100 in the United States , and some 70 people in Germany. "Vukich " is used by some 300 people in the United States and small number in Russian Federation. "Vucic " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and some 60 people in Australia.

Characteristic first names

Mario Vukić, Hrvoje Vukić, Feđa Vukić, Miroslav Vukić, Damir Vukić, Željko Vukić, Zoran Vukić, Katarina Vukić, Zdravko Vukić, Tomislav Vukić, Niko Vukić, Nikola Vukić, Aleksandar Vukić, Dario Vukić, Robert Vukić, Jasnica Vukić, Boris Vukić, Dragan Vukić, Irena Vukić

Mentions in sources

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

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