Culej families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zlatar and Zagreb. In Repno in Zlatar every eighth inhabitant had the family name Culej.
Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Culej live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled. They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 13 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Jarmina in Vinkovci area (25), Sesvete (15), Vinkovci (10), and in Zlatar (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.