Surname Culek in modern Croatia

Culek families are Croats and they are mostly from Donji Miholjac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Donji Miholjac and Osijek.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Culek live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Podgajci Podravski (20), Osijek (15), Donji Miholjac (<10), Sljivosevci in Donji Miholjac area (<10), and in Tisina Kaptolska in Sisak area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Culek (including: Chulek , Zulek ) is present in 13 countries worldwide. The family name "Culek " is used by some 600 people in Czech Republic , about 200 in the United States , and small number of people in Australia. "Zulek " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mirta Culek, Gordana Culek, Martin Culek, Jelka Culek, Sandra Culek, Lana Culek, Mihajl Culek, Saša Culek, Nikola Culek, Davor Culek, Linda Culek, Katica Culek, Miroslav Culek, Dalibor Culek, Zdenkica Culek, Veselka Culek, Ivica Culek, Željka Culek, Krunoslav Culek

Mentions in sources

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

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