In Croatia, Culifaj families are Croats (from Sveti Ivan Zelina area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Sveti Ivan Zelina area. In Dvorišće in Sveti Ivan Zelina area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Culifaj.
Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Culifaj live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Adamovec (25), Dvorisce in Sveti Ivan Zelina area (<10), Zagreb (<5), Osijek (<5), and in Gaj (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Culifaj is present in this form only in Croatia.