Surname Kucel in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kucel families are Croats (from Djurdjevac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Djurdjevac and Koprivnica.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Kucel live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in two Croatian counties, two cities and four other places, mostly in Djurdjevac (25), Ferdinandovac in Djurdjevac area (10), Zagreb (<5), and in Kalinovac (<5) and Molve (<5) in Djurdjevac area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Kucel (including: Kuzhel , Kuchel , Kuzel , Cuchel , Kuzsel , Chuchel , Kuzell , Kutzel and Cucel ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. The family name "Kucel " is used by some 500 people in Poland , about 300 in the United States , and some 100 people in Uganda. "Kuzel " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 300 in Poland , and some 200 people in Czech Republic. "Kutzel " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Kucel, Vesna Kucel, Ivana Kucel, Vinko Kucel, Terezija Kucel, Ivan Kucel, Nadica Kucel, Marina Kucel, Tomislav Kucel, Željko Kucel, Đuro Kucel, Mara Kucel, Bolto Kucel, Milenko Kucel, Miroslav Kucel, Dražen Kucel, Danijel Kucel, Pavao Kucel, Katarina Kucel

Mentions in sources

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

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