Surname Gudelj in modern Croatia

Gudelj families are Croats and they are mostly from Imotski area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotsko and Split. In Zmijavci in Imotski area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Gudelj.

Prevalence

About 1800 people with faimily name Gudelj live in Croatia today, in 710 households. There were 960 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 54 cities and 104 other places, mostly in Zmijavci in Imotski area (370), Split (335), Zagreb (250), and in Podbablje Gornje (65) and Krivodol (55) in Imotski area.

Outside Croatia

At least 23 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (8), Switzerland (5), Austria (4), the United Kingdom (3), the Netherlands (1), the United States (1), and to France (1).
Family name Gudelj (including: Gudelli , Gudeli , Gudelly , Guddelli , Gudely , Guddeli , Guddelly and Guudelli ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Gudelj " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 100 in Argentina , and some 80 people in the United States. "Gudely " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Gudeli " is used by small number of people in Brazil , small number of people in Germany , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Radoslav Gudelj, Lea Gudelj, Milan Gudelj, Goran Gudelj, Franjo Gudelj, Hrvoje Gudelj, Ivana Gudelj, Anita Gudelj, Dunja Gudelj, Maja Gudelj, Tonći Gudelj, Ivan Gudelj, Dane Gudelj, Jasenka Gudelj, Roberto Gudelj, Luka Gudelj, Danko Gudelj, Marijan Gudelj, Krešimir Gudelj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1742 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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