Surname Culjak in modern Croatia

Culjak families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Lepoglava area. In Veternica in Lepoglava area every seventh inhabitant had the family name Culjak.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Culjak live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 0 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Zagreb (55), Djakovo (15), in Novi Golubovec (15) and Veternica (15) in Lepoglava area, and in Kutina (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Culjak (including: Zulyak , Chuljak , Chulyak , Culiac , Zuljak , Culiak and Zuliak ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. The family name "Culjak " is used by some 400 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Slovakia. "Chulyak " is used by small number of people in Ukraine , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States. "Culiac " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Moldova.

Characteristic first names

Krešo Culjak, Franjo Culjak, Dalibor Culjak, Božidar Culjak, Olga Culjak, Goran Culjak, Mladen Culjak, Petar Culjak, Anđelko Culjak, Alen Culjak, Vladimir Culjak, Maja Culjak, Sonja Culjak, Tihomir Culjak, Dražen Culjak, Josip Culjak, Miroslav Culjak, Predrag Culjak, Igor Culjak

Mentions in sources

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

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