Vuković (, ) is a common family name found in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Croatia
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Montenegro
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Serbia
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, of which bearers are either
Bosniaks
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Croats
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Montenegrins
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or
Serbs
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, as well as medieval families long before idea of national identity ever appeared.
The surname is derived from the
Serbo-Croatian
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word for wolf, , which is also used as a given name,
Vuk.
It is the ninth most frequent surname in Croatia.
People
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Aleksandar Vuković (born 1979), Serbian-Polish football manager
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Andrija Vuković (born 1983), Croatian footballer
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Božidar Vuković (1466-–1540), Venetian-Serb printer
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Čedo Vuković (1920–2014), Montenegrin writer
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Daniel Vukovic (born 1986), Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player
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Danny Vukovic (born 1985), Australian footballer, of Serbian descent
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Dejan Vuković (born 1978), Serbian politician
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Domagoj Vuković
Domagoj Vuković (born October 29, 1993) is a Croatian professional basketball player for Cibona Zagreb in the Croatian League and the ABA League.
A native of Rijeka, he started playing basketball in his home town clubs before joining the N ...
(born 1993), Croatian basketball player
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Dragan Vuković (born 1963), Serbian basketball coach
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Drago Vuković (born 1983), Croatian handball player
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Dražen Vuković (born 1981), Croatian footballer
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Gavro Vuković
Gavro Vuković ( sr-cyrl, Гавро Вуковић; 1852, Lijeva Rijeka, Principality of Montenegro – 29 July 1928, Berane, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Kingdom of SCS) also known as Voivode, Vojvoda Gavro ( sr-cyrl, Војвода Гавро) was a ...
(1852–1928), Montenegrin Serb duke and writer
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Goran Vuković
Goran Vuković (; 1959 – 12 December 1994) was a Serbian gangster who earned his nickname ''Majmun'' () due to his unique style of breaking and entering apartment building units: climbing and scaling the structures, utilizing balconies and ...
''Majmun'' (1959–1994), Serbian mobster
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Helena Vuković
Helena Vuković (born 23 August 2000) is a Croatia
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(born 2000), Croatian judoka
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Hrvoje Vuković
Hrvoje Vuković (born 25 July 1979 in Split) is a former Croatia
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(born 1979), Croatian football player
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Ivan Vuković
Ivan Vuković ( Montenegrin Cyrillic: Иван Вуковић, born 9 February 1987) is a retired Montenegrin football forward who was last played for FK Iskra Danilovgrad. He is best known for his abilities as a striker but can also play as a ...
(born 1987), Montenegrin footballer
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Jagoš Vuković
Jagoš Vuković (, ; born 10 June 1988) is a former Serbian professional footballer who last played as a defender for IMT in the Serbian SuperLiga.
Vuković earned eight caps for Serbia from 2009 to 2017.
Club career
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(born 1988), Serbian footballer
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Janko Vuković
Janko Vuković, sometimes spelt Janko Vukovich or von Vukovich, also known as Janko Vuković de Podkapelski or Janko Vuković-Podkapelski (27 September 1871 – 1 November 1918) was a Croatian naval officer who served in the Austro-Hungarian Navy ...
(1871–1918), Croatian sailor in the Austro-Hungarian navy
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Jelena Vuković
Jelena Vuković (born 15 February 1975) is a paralympic athlete from Croatia competing mainly in category F42 shot put and discus events.
Vuković has competed in the shot and discus in three Paralympics firstly in 2000, then in 2004 ...
(born 1975), Croatian paralympic athlete
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Josip Vuković
Josip Vuković (born 2 May 1992) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a midfielder
In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pit ...
(born 1992), Croatian footballer
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Katarina Vuković Katarina Vuković, from the medieval Bosnian noble lineage of Hrvatinić, was the second wife of Grand Duke of Bosnia, Sandalj Hranić.
Katarina was the daughter of the Hungarian-Croatian ban Vuk Vukčić from the Bosnian noble family of Hrvat ...
, Bosnian noblewoman
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Lazar Vuković (died 1410), Serbian prince
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Maja Vuković, computer scientist
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Marija Vuković (footballer) (born 1990), Serbian footballer
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Marija Vuković (born 1992), Montenegrin athlete
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Matija Vuković (1925–1985), Serbian sculptor
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Mihajlo Vuković (1944–2021), Serbian basketball player and coach
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Milan Vuković (1933–2018), Croatian jurist and judge
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Milan Vuković (born 1988), Serbian footballer
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Milena Vuković (born 1986), Serbian footballer
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Miljan Vuković (born 1990), Serbian rower
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Nemanja Vuković (born 1984), Montenegrin footballer
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Predrag Vuković (born 1966), Serbian politician
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Sava Vuković (1912–1961), Serbian chess master
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Sava Vuković (1930–2001), Serbian orthodox bishop
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Sebő Vukovics (1811–1872), Hungarian Minister of Justice 1849, of Serbian descent
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Slobodan Vuković (born 1986), Serbian footballer
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Stefan Vukovic (born 1993), Canadian soccer player and coach
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Stjepan Vuković (born 1997), Croatian footballer
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Vanja Vukovic (born 1971), German fine-art photographer and photo-designer of Montenegrin descent
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Veselin Vuković (born 1958), Yugoslav handball player
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Vićenco Vuković (
fl. 1560–71), printer and editor of books in
Serbian in the
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Violeta Vuković (born 1972), Serbian basketball player
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Vlatko Vuković (died 1392), Grand Duke of Hum (modern Herzegovina)
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Vladimir Vuković (1898–1975), Croatian chess player, writer, theoretician
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Vladimir Vuković (born 1989), Canadian soccer player
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Želimir Vuković (born 1983), Serbian alpine skier
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Željko Vuković (footballer, born 1962), Croatian-born Austrian footballer
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Željko Vuković (footballer, born 1963), Montenegrin footballer
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Zoran Vuković (born 1955), Bosnian Serb soldier charged with crimes in the Bosnian War
See also
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Vukovich, a transliteration
References
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Surnames of Bosnian origin
Surnames of Croatian origin
Surnames of Montenegrin origin
Surnames of Serbian origin
Patronymic surnames
Surnames from given names