Surname Jančula in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Jančula families are generally Croats (from Djakovo ), rarely Slovaks (from Nasice ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Nasice and Djakovo. In Markovac Našički in Nasice every seventieth inhabitant had the family name Jančula.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Jančula live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Djakovo (15), Nasice (<10), Zagreb (<5), Markovac Nasicki (<5), and in Breznica Nasicka in Nasice area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jančula (including: Jancula , Yanchula ) is present in 6 countries on two continents. The family name "Jancula " is used by some 70 people in Czech Republic , about 60 in Slovakia , and small number of people in the United States. "Yanchula " is used by small number of people in Canada and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marinko Jančula, Silva Jančula, Dubravka Jančula, Valentina Jančula, Julije Jančula, Goran Jančula, Mirjana Jančula, Julijana Jančula, Ivan Jančula, Antun Jančula, Vinko Jančula, Kata Jančula, Anica Jančula, Stjepan Jančula, Miroslav Jančula, Mario Jančula, Ines Jančula, Silvija Jančula, Marija Jančula

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1943 in source Directorium ARCHI-DIOECESI ZAGREBIENSI.

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