In Croatia, Cugelj families are Croats (from Ogulin ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ogulin and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 10 people with faimily name Cugelj live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Zagreb (<10), Ogulin (<5), and in Sesvete (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Cugelj is present in five countries on two continents. The family name "Cugelj " is used by few people in the United States. "Zugelj " is used by few people in the United States.
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.