In Croatia, Gjula families are Croats (from Koprivnica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Koprivnica.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Gjula live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Zagreb (<5), Koprivnica (<5), and in Slivarsko in Ivanec area (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Gjula (including: Gyula , Ghajula and Giula ) is present in 17 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.