Gulija 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 Pustodol Orehovički in Lepoglava area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Gulija.
Prevalence
About 160 people with faimily name Gulija live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), in Pustodol Orehovicki (15) and Lug Orehovicki (15) in Lepoglava area, Kutina (10), and in Bedekovcina in Lepoglava area (<10).
Outside Croatia
Family name Gulija (including: Gulieva , Guliya , Gulliya and Ghuliya ) is present in 29 countries worldwide.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.