Surname Kocelj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kocelj families are generally Croats (from Dubrovnik area ), very rarely Czechs (also from Dubrovnik area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and in Dubrovnik area. In Močići in Dubrovnik area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Kocelj.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Kocelj live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and 6 other places, mostly in Mocici (<10) and Cavtat (<10) in Dubrovnik area, Zagreb (<5), Vukovar (<5), and in Slatine (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kocelj (including: Kozelj , Kozeli , Chocheli , Kozely , Kozsely and Koceli ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Kocelj " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kozely " is used by small number of people in French Polynesia and small number in the United States. "Kozeli " is used by some 200 people in Albania , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Ivana Kocelj, Tomislav Kocelj, Igor Kocelj, Ana Kocelj, Miho Kocelj, Sandi Kocelj, Marija Kocelj, Jela Kocelj, Andrea Kocelj, Nikica Kocelj, Ivo Kocelj, Đorđe Kocelj, Luce Kocelj, Antonio Kocelj, Irena Kocelj, Vedran Kocelj, Andrijana Kocelj, Antun Kocelj, Miluška Kocelj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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