Surname Ćuc in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Ćuc families are Croats (from Dugi (Long) Island ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born on Dugi, Long Island.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Ćuc live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only two Croatian places: in Zagreb (<5) and Zman on Dugi (Long) Island (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ćuc (including: Cuc , Chuc , Cutz , Cuz , Cucci , Cuch , Chouc , Chuch , Ciuc and Cuez ) is present in 79 countries worldwide. "Cuz " is used by some 900 people in Guatemala , about 500 in the United States , and some 300 people in Mexico. "Cuch " is used by some 400 people in Poland , about 90 in the United States , and some 70 people in Argentina. "Ciuc " is used by small number of people in Spain and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Drago Ćuc, Jana Ćuc, Marin Ćuc, Marijan Ćuc

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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