Surname Kucelj in modern Croatia

Kucelj families are Croats and they are mostly from Oroslavje. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Oroslavje.

Prevalence

About 250 people with faimily name Kucelj live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 260 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 35 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Andrasevec (20), Stubicke Toplice in Oroslavje area (15), Grabovac in Beli Manastir area (10), and in Oroslavje (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kucelj (including: Kuzelj , Cuzelj and Cuceli ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. "Kuzelj " is used by small number of people in the Netherlands , small number in the United States , and small number of people in South Africa.

Characteristic first names

Igor Kucelj, Vera Kucelj, Jadranko Kucelj, Stjepan Kucelj, Zdenka Kucelj, Janko Kucelj, Dario Kucelj, Dražen Kucelj, Anka Kucelj, Jasminka Kucelj, Andrijana Kucelj, Barbara Kucelj, Nikolina Kucelj, Neven Kucelj, Matija Kucelj, Radmila Kucelj, Ivan Kucelj, Dubravka Kucelj, Nevenka Kucelj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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