Surname Čukac in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čukac families are almost entirely Croats (from Klanjec area ), barely Serbs, and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Klanjec.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Čukac live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Klanjec (10), Sesvete (<10), Velika Gorica (<5), and in Orehovica in Cakovec area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čukac (including: Cukac , Chukhach and Cucaz ) is present in four countries on two continents. "Cucaz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Čukac, Darko Čukac, Borivoje Čukac, Igor Čukac, Zoran Čukac, Marijan Čukac, Damir Čukac, Martinka Čukac, Zora Čukac, Franjo Čukac, Snježana Čukac, Želimir Čukac, Marija Čukac, Domagoj Čukac, Stanko Čukac, Višnja Čukac, Marina Čukac, Enza Čukac, Elvira Čukac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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