Vuković

Vuković (Serbian: Вуковић, pronounced [ʋûːkoʋitɕ]) is a common family name found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia, of which bearers are either Bosniaks, Croats, Montenegrins or Serbs, as well as medieval families long before idea of national identity ever appeared.

This article is about the surname. For the village in Serbia, see Vuković, Serbia.

Vuković is the common surname among Serbs in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Hercegovina and Croatia [1] and is the ninth most frequent surname in Croatia.[2]

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 47.4% of all known bearers of the surname Vuković were residents of Serbia (frequency 1:436), 28.5% of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1:359), 14.0% of Montenegro (1:129) and 9.2% of Croatia (1:1,327).

In Serbia, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:436) in the following districts:

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:359) only in Republika Srpska (1:209).

In Croatia, the frequency of the surname was higher than average (1:1,327) in the following counties:[3]

People

See also

References
  1. https://forebears.io/surnames/vukovi%C4%87
  2. "Most frequent surnames, Census 2011". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
  3. Vuković surname distribution
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