Surname Karaula in modern Croatia

Karaula families are Croats and they are mostly from western Bosnia. According to some sources they are from dalmatinske zagore. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Livno area) and in Vukovar. In places Prisap , Ljubunčić and Priluka in Western Bosnia every eighth inhabitant had the family name Karaula.

Prevalence

About 390 people with faimily name Karaula live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 33 other places, mostly in Zapresic (75), Zagreb (45), Vukovar (25), Sesvete (20), and in Kutina (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Karaula (including: Kharaula , Karraula , Caraula and Carraula ) is present in 15 countries on four continents. The family name "Karaula " is used by some 100 people in Germany , small number in Australia , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomo Karaula, Mate Karaula, Neda Karaula, Željko Karaula, Mirko Karaula, Stipo Karaula, Draško Karaula, Višnja Karaula, Mladen Karaula, Ivan Karaula, Tomislav Karaula, Pilip Karaula, Nada Karaula, Irena Karaula, Antun Karaula, Ivana Karaula, Ivanka Karaula, Ivanko Karaula, Radoslav Karaula

Mentions in sources

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.

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