Vuković
Vuković 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 the ninth most frequent surname in Croatia.[1]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Aleksandar Vuković (born 1989), Montenegrin footballer
- Bill Vukovich (1918-1955), American racecar driver of Serbian ancestry
- 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
- Matija Vuković (1925-1985), Serbian sculptor
- Milan Vuković (born 1988), Serbian footballer
- Nemanja Vuković (born 1984), Montenegrin footballer
- 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
References
- ↑ "Most frequent surnames, Census 2011". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
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