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.
Vuković is a common surname among Serbs in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia.[1] It 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:
- 1. North Bačka (1:171)
- 2. Kolubara (1:235)
- 3. Mačva (1:249)
- 4. West Bačka (1:264)
- 5. Šumadija (1:265)
- 6. Srem (1:292)
- 7. Moravica (1:312)
- 8. Zlatibor (1:341)
- 9. Belgrade (1:354)
- 10. South Bačka (1:386)
- 11. Central Banat (1:397)
- 12. Raška (1:415)
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]
- 1. Karlovac County (1:512)
- 2. Osijek-Baranja County (1:552)
- 3. Lika-Senj County (1:564)
- 4. Požega-Slavonia County (1:738)
- 5. Vukovar-Srijem County (1:800)
- 6. Virovitica-Podravina County (1:822)
- 7. Primorje-Gorski Kotar County (1:877)
- 8. Brod-Posavina County (1:891)
- 9. Dubrovnik-Neretva County (1:1,129)
- 10. Međimurje County (1:1,180)
- 11. Zagreb County (1:1,263)
People[]
- Aleksandar Vuković (born 1989), Serbian-Polish football manager
- Božidar Vuković (1466-1540), Venetian-Serb printer
- Čedo Vuković (born 1920), Montenegrin writer
- Danny Vukovic (born 1985), Australian footballer, of Serbian descent
- Drago Vuković (born 1983), Croatian handball player
- Gavro Vuković (1852-1928), Montenegrin Serb duke and writer
- Goran Vuković Majmun (1959-1994), Serbian mobster
- Hrvoje Vuković (born 1979), Croatian football player
- Ivan Vuković (born 1987), Montenegrin footballer
- Jagoš Vuković (born 1988), Serbian footballer
- Janko Vuković (1871-1918), Croatian sailor in the Austro-Hungarian navy
- Marija Vuković (born 1992), Montenegrin athlete
- Matija Vuković (1925-1985), Serbian sculptor
- (born 1988), Serbian footballer
- Nemanja Vuković (born 1984), Montenegrin footballer
- Sava Vuković (1912-1961), Serbian chess master
- Sebő Vukovics (1811-1872), Hungarian Minister of Justice 1849, of Serbian descent
- Veselin Vuković (born 1958), Yugoslav handball player
- Vlatko Vuković (died 1392), Grand Duke of Hum (modern Herzegovina)
- Vladimir Vuković (1898-1975), Croatian chess player, writer, theoretician
- Željko Vuković (footballer, born 1962), Croatian-born Austrian footballer
- Željko Vuković (footballer, born 1963), Montenegrin footballer
- Zoran Vuković (born 1955), Bosnian Serb soldier charged with crimes in the Bosnian War
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Vuković Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History".
- ^ "Most frequent surnames, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ Vuković surname distribution
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