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Anyone know anything about "GJUKA"?
I doubt it, but I am hoping to find someone who can tell me the meaning or background of the name Gjuka. It is my grandfather and greatgrandfather's last name. My greatgrandfather came from Debrovnik in Dalmatia (Yugoslavia), but from looking around on the net we are starting to think it might really be an Albanian name.It is a very rare name in the United States (I mostly know everyone)but there are some Gjukas who spell it JUKA and I think I might be related to them also, somehow. I've seen it mentioned in Slavik news type things.Good luck and thankyou!
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I knew a girl with the last name Kjuka. She was Macedonian.
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It is an Albanian surname. It was the surname of the mother of my great grandmother.
https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salih_Gjuka He was the uncle of my great grandmother. They came to Berat (Albania) from Peja (Kosovo).
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Yes for sure Gjuka family name is from Peja Kosovo most of them live in Kosovo Where are you from Odiola
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You also have Serbian/Montenegrin name/nickname Djuka. It comes from Greek, Georgious, further meaning - agriculturer.(i just google that, can tell thats 100% acurate).
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Djuka (Serbian) and Gjuka (Croation) probably need to be added to the database with a link to George
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Actually, "Gjuka" is Albanian and "Djuka" is both Serbian and Croatian (I speak both Serbo-Croatian and Albanian). And they are actually derivatives of the name Jacob, not George! The Serbian derivative of George is "Djordje" and Albanian is "Gjergj". :)
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Well,I'm from Croatia (where Dubrovnik is) and the name is very common here as a first name.I blieve it is a form of George via Juraj and Gjuro (we use the spelling Ðuro - 'Ð' is pronounced like 'G' in Gillian).
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