Surname Ćuća in modern Croatia

Ćuća families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Daruvar area , whereas often Croats (from the Island of Ugljan ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Daruvar area and in Zadar. In places Potočani and Katinac in Daruvar area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Ćuća.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Ćuća live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Ugljan on the Island of Ugljan (20), Zagreb (15), Potocani in Daruvar area (10), Zadar (10), and in Sesvete (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ćuća (including: Cuca , Ciuca , Chucha , Cucca , Cucka , Chuca , Cuecha , Cueca , Chuecha and Cuzza ) is present in 76 countries worldwide. "Cuzza " is used by few people in the United States. "Cuecha " is used by some 100 people in Colombia , small number in Venezuela , and small number of people in the United States. "Cucka " is used by some 400 people in Albania , about 200 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dragan Ćuća, Goran Ćuća, Daniela Ćuća, Predrag Ćuća, Magdalena Ćuća, Snježana Ćuća, Ante Ćuća, Branko Ćuća, Ankica Ćuća, Dako Ćuća, Slađana Ćuća, Neven Ćuća, Ljubica Ćuća, Milan Ćuća, Endi Ćuća, Patricija Ćuća, Ivana Ćuća, Zoran Ćuća, Nikola Ćuća

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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