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Surname Kukavica in modern Croatia
Kukavica families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Imotsko , less frequently Serbs and Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotsko and in Djurdjevac area. In places Gornji Vinjani and Glavina Donja in Imotsko every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Kukavica.
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Prevalence
About 350 people with faimily name Kukavica live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 350 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Glavina Donja (110), Zagreb (50), Imotski (45), Pitomaca in Djurdjevac area (25), and in Donji Karin (25).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Kukavica is present in 9 countries on two continents. The family name "Kukavica " is used by some 60 people in Russian Federation , small number in Canada , and small number of people in the United States. "Kukawica " is used by few people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Dragan Kukavica,
Branislav Kukavica,
Vesna Kukavica,
Željko Kukavica,
Edita Kukavica,
Miroslav Kukavica,
Vladislava Kukavica,
Vlatka Kukavica,
Mario Kukavica,
Goran Kukavica,
Vedran Kukavica,
Mirjana Kukavica,
Anita Kukavica,
Slavica Kukavica,
Anka Kukavica,
Dijana Kukavica,
Ante Kukavica,
Jozo Kukavica,
Branko Kukavica
