Surname Ćuk in modern Croatia

Ćuk families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Split. In Gornji Muć in Sinj area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Ćuk.

Prevalence

About 1200 people with faimily name Ćuk live in Croatia today, in 510 households. There were 700 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 54 cities and 105 other places, mostly in Zagreb (310), Split (115), Krasic in Jastrebarsko area (60), Solin (45), and in Rijeka (40).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Austria (2), Germany (1), Spain (1), France (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Ćuk (including: Chuk , Chuck , Cuk , Ciuk , Czuk , Cuck , Tschuck , Chuek , Cueck and Tschuk ) is present in 121 countries worldwide. The family name "Cuk " is used by some 500 people in Indonesia , about 200 in Argentina , and some 100 people in the United States. "Chuek " is used by few people in the United States. "Chuck " is used by some 4000 people in the United States , about 500 in Taiwan , and some 500 people in Jamaica.

Characteristic first names

Višeslav Ćuk, Irena Ćuk, Josip Ćuk, Ivančica Ćuk, Vlado Ćuk, Đuro Ćuk, Mira Ćuk, Slavko Ćuk, Mario Ćuk, Tomislav Ćuk, Jelena Ćuk, Dražen Ćuk, Gordan Ćuk, Damir Ćuk, Mladen Ćuk, Renata Ćuk, Matija Ćuk, Ante Ćuk, Sanja Ćuk

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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