Surname Culi in modern Croatia

Culi families are Croats and they are mostly from Vinkovci area. According to some sources they are from Hrvatskog zagorja. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vinkovci area and in Vinkovci.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Culi live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and 6 other places, mostly in Jarmina in Vinkovci area (60), Zagreb (25), Vinkovci (15), Repno (15), and in Petrova Gora in Zlatar area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Culi (including: Zuli , Culli , Chuli , Culie , Chulli , Cullie , Culii , Culhi and Chulie ) is present in 72 countries worldwide. "Culli " is used by some 400 people in Albania , about 200 in the United States , and some 200 people in Peru. "Culie " is used by some 400 people in France and small number in the United States. "Culhi " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ema Culi, Dario Culi, Jadranko Culi, Anita Culi, Igor Culi, Iva Culi, Kristina Culi, Boris Culi, Karolina Culi, Stjepan Culi, Blaženka Culi, Ivica Culi, Saša Culi, Carmen Culi, Izidora Culi, Dalibor Culi, Ivana Culi, Danijela Culi, Krešimir Culi

Mentions in sources

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.

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