Surname Cule in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Cule families are Croats (from Porec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ozalj and Karlovac.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Cule live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only four naselja i to in Ozalj (<5), in Sveti Lovrec Pazenaticki (<5) and Selina (<5) in Porec area, and in Vrhovacki Sopot (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Cule (including: Chule , Chulle , Zule , Cullie , Culle , Chhule , Cuele , Tzule and Zuele ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. "Zule " is used by some 300 people in Indonesia , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in South Africa. "Tzule " is used by few people in the United States. "Cuele " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Cule, Mladen Cule, Janko Cule, Kata Cule, Marija Cule, Ivan Cule, Margarita Cule, Katica Cule, Dušanka Cule, Mirko Cule, Dalia Cule, Mario Cule, Alojz Cule, Izidor Cule, Jana Cule, Jela Cule, Josip Cule, Josipa Cule, Jura Cule

Mentions in sources

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

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