Surname Vuko in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 310 people with faimily name Vuko live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Split (110), Podstrana in Solin area (45), Glavice (30), Tijarica in Sinj area (20), and in Visnjevac (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Vuko (including: Vucko , Vuco , Vuchko , Vucco , Wuco , Vucho , Wuchko , Wuko and Vucio ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Vuko " is used by some 200 people in Kenya , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Vucko " is used by some 200 people in Argentina , about 100 in Canada , and some 90 people in the United States. "Vuco " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Petar Vuko, Zdravko Vuko, Vladimir Vuko, Ivica Vuko, Branka Vuko, Ivan Vuko, Josip Vuko, Stanko Vuko, Tina Vuko, Ante Vuko, Katarina Vuko, Marina Vuko, Željka Vuko, Luka Vuko, Silvestar Vuko, Željko Vuko, Bosiljko Vuko, Tomislav Vuko, Ivana Vuko

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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