Surname Bule in modern Croatia

Bule families are Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Herzegovina (Capljina area) and in Dubrovnik. In places Zvirovići , Prćavci and Cerno in Herzegovina every eighth inhabitant had the family name Bule.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Bule live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (80), Split (20), Metkovic (15), Ploce (15), and in Dubrovnik (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Bule (including: Bulle , Buule , Buhle , Buele , Bhule , Bulhe , Bbule , Buleh and Bulee ) is present in 73 countries worldwide. "Buele " is used by some 800 people in Ecuador , about 60 in Spain , and small number of people in the United States. "Buhle " is used by some 600 people in South Africa , about 600 in Germany , and some 300 people in the United States. "Bullie " is used by some 100 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nino Bule, Krunoslav Bule, Ante Bule, Nikola Bule, Igor Bule, Zoran Bule, Ankica Bule, Dražena Bule, Gordan Bule, Marin Bule, Smiljan Bule, Finka Bule, Denis Bule, Nikica Bule, Helena Bule, Vitomir Bule, Ana Bule, Mladen Bule, Nada Bule

Mentions in sources

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

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