Surname Štrukelj in modern Croatia

Štrukelj families are Croats and they are mostly from Cakovec area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and Zagreb. In Ralutinac in Bosnian Krajina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Štrukelj.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Štrukelj live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Cakovec (15), Sesvete (<10), Lucko (<10), and in Nedelisce in Cakovec area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Štrukelj (including: Strukelj , Strukely , Strucely and Strucelj ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Strukelj " is used by some 50 people in the United States , small number in Argentina , and small number of people in Italy. "Strukely " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Strucely " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Goran Štrukelj, Nada Štrukelj, Ivan Štrukelj, Dragutin Štrukelj, Krešimir Štrukelj, Jelena Štrukelj, Anton Štrukelj, Jurica Štrukelj, Ljiljana Štrukelj, Tomislav Štrukelj, Branko Štrukelj, Ferdinand Štrukelj, Marijan Štrukelj, Zlatko Štrukelj, Karmen Štrukelj, Jasenka Štrukelj, Vesna Štrukelj, Julija Štrukelj, Damir Štrukelj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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