Surname Gulić in modern Croatia

Gulić families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Oroslavje area. According to some sources they are from Slovenia, rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and Benkovac. In Zapužane in Benkovac every third inhabitant had the family name Gulić.

Prevalence

About 600 people with faimily name Gulić live in Croatia today, in 270 households. There were 630 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 31 cities and 35 other places, mostly in Donja Bistra in Oroslavje area (80), Glavice (70), Zagreb (50), Gljev (50), and in Supetarska Draga on the Island of Rab (50).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gulić (including: Gulic , Gulich , Gulick , Gullick , Gullich , Gulicz , Gullic , Gulics , Gulych and Gulycz ) is present in 50 countries worldwide. "Gulick " is used by some 6000 people in the United States , about 200 in Germany , and some 90 people in Canada. "Gulics " is used by some 50 people in the United States and small number in Hungary. "Gullic " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Rozita Gulić, Branko Gulić, Dean Gulić, Anđelko Gulić, Valter Gulić, Krešimir Gulić, Livija Gulić, Marija Gulić, Zita Gulić, Lidija Gulić, Aleksandar Gulić, Nevenka Gulić, Srđan Gulić, Hrvoje Gulić, Marinko Gulić, Senka Gulić, Zdravko Gulić, Vladimir Gulić, Mirjana Gulić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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