Surname Čukić in modern Croatia

Čukić families are Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Odzak area) and in Slavonski Brod.

Prevalence

About 150 people with faimily name Čukić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 27 other places, mostly in Osijek (25), Slavonski Brod (15), Velika Kopanica in Djakovo area (10), Nasice (10), and in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (1), Germany (1), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Čukić (including: Cucic , Cukic , Chucas , Ciucas , Cucick , Cuckic , Cucich , Cukich , Chukich and Cucas ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Cukic " is used by small number of people in France , small number of people in the United States , and small number of people in Germany. "Cukich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Cucich " is used by some 50 people in the United States and small number in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Čukić, Miroslav Čukić, Željko Čukić, Josip Čukić, Dragana Čukić, Mirjana Čukić, Anto Čukić, Biljana Čukić, Ivana Čukić, Andrija Čukić, Irena Čukić, Gordana Čukić, Mladen Čukić, Matija Čukić, Šimo Čukić, Daniel Čukić, Slobodan Čukić, Katarina Čukić, Vladimir Čukić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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