Surname Culić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Culić families are mainly Serbs, less frequently Croats (from the Island of Brac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pakrac and on the Island of Brac. In Ožegovci in Pakrac every sixth inhabitant had the family name Culić.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Culić live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and threee other places, mostly in Supetar on the Island of Brac (10), Tovarnik in Ilok area (<10), Zagreb (<10), Split (<5), and in Porec (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Germany (1).
Family name Culić (including: Culic , Zulic , Chulick , Culich , Culick , Culici , Cullick and Chulich ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. "Culich " is used by some 70 people in the United States. "Zulic " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 400 in the United States , and some 200 people in Chile. "Culick " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tonči Culić, Olivera Culić, Ivana Culić, Predrag Culić, Frančeska Culić, Danijela Culić, Dino Culić, Ivan Culić, Dušan Culić, Mira Culić, Dragana Culić, Tatijana Culić, Zlatica Culić, Milorad Culić, Boško Culić, Vinko Culić, Alen Culić, Jagoda Culić, Marija Culić

Mentions in sources

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

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