Surname Žukić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Žukić families are mainly Serbs, equally Croats (also from Donji Miholjac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Donji Miholjac area and in Beli Manastir area.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Žukić live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in two Croatian counties, two cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), in Sljivosevci (<10) and Magadenovac (<10) in Donji Miholjac area, Bilje in Osijek area (<5), and in Osijek (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Žukić (including: Zukic , Zukich and Zucas ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Zukic " is used by some 900 people in Germany , about 400 in the United States , and some 70 people in Sweden. "Zucas " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zdravko Žukić, Duško Žukić, Branislav Žukić, Slobodan Žukić, Željka Žukić, Iva Žukić, Milan Žukić, Mirela Žukić, Slavoljub Žukić, Jovanka Žukić, Mirjana Žukić, Branko Žukić, Dinka Žukić, Dragan Žukić, Anđa Žukić, Nikola Žukić, Miloš Žukić, Radojka Žukić, Petar Žukić

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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