Surname Čule in modern Croatia

Čule families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Drnis area. According to some sources they are from sela Cule near Mostar, Bosnia, and very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Mostar area) and in Drnis area. In Čule in Herzegovina every second inhabitant had the family name Čule.

Prevalence

About 350 people with faimily name Čule live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 31 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Zagreb (85), Split (65), Solin (55), Vinkovci (25), and in Rijeka (20).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (2), Switzerland (1), Australia (1), the United States (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Čule (including: Cule , Chule , Chaule , Chulle , Choule , Cullie , Culle , Chgule , Chhule and Cuele ) is present in 57 countries worldwide. "Cuele " is used by few people in the United States. "Culle " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Cullie " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stela Čule, Josip Čule, Paško Čule, Ljiljana Čule, Irena Čule, Goran Čule, Ivan Čule, Stevo Čule, Mile Čule, Krešo Čule, Sanja Čule, Saša Čule, Ilija Čule, Željka Čule, Jure Čule, Anton Čule, Alen Čule, Ante Čule, Marija Čule

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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