Surname Šukelj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šukelj families are Croats (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Šukelj live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in only five Croatian places: in Kasina (<10), Sesvete (<10), Blagusa (<5), Preloscica (<5), and in Soblinec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šukelj (including: Sukelj , Sukeli , Sucely and Sukelli ) is present in 7 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Iwan Šukelj, Darinka Šukelj, Snježana Šukelj, Davor Šukelj, Zdravko Šukelj, Dalibor Šukelj, Stanko Šukelj, Slavko Šukelj, Zorica Šukelj, Katica Šukelj, Mirjana Šukelj, Maja Šukelj, Ivica Šukelj, Ivan Šukelj, Stjepan Šukelj, Marica Šukelj, Ljubica Šukelj, Ljiljana Šukelj, Marija Šukelj

Mentions in sources

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

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