Surname Žuković in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Žuković families are Croats (from Vrbovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovec area and in Bjelovar. In Potočec in Vrbovec area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Žuković.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Žuković live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are located in two Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Potocec in Vrbovec area (<10), Krkac (<10), Zagreb (<10), Graberje Ivanicko (<10), and in Celine (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Žuković (including: Zhukovich , Zukovic , Zukowicz , Zukovich , Zukhovich , Zucovic , Zhukovych and Zuckowich ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. The family name "Zukovic " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Turkey , and small number of people in Slovakia. "Zukovich " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Zuckowich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Berislav Žuković, Valentina Žuković, Marijan Žuković, Ivan Žuković, Morana Žuković, Danijela Žuković, Biljana Žuković, Stjepan Žuković, Zlatko Žuković, Josip Žuković, Zdenka Žuković, Mijo Žuković, Ivica Žuković, Ivana Žuković, Vedran Žuković, Javorka Žuković, Ozren Žuković, Marija Žuković, Bara Žuković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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