Surname Kudelić in modern Croatia

Kudelić families are Croats and they are mostly from Sveti Ivan Zelina area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Sveti Ivan Zelina area. In Beloslavec in Sveti Ivan Zelina area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Kudelić.

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Kudelić live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 14 other places, mostly in Beloslavec in Sveti Ivan Zelina area (50), Zagreb (30), Zlatar (20), Mace in Zlatar area (15), and in Koprivnica (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kudelić (including: Kudelich , Kudelic and Kudelycz ) is present in 12 countries on three continents. The family name "Kudelic " is used by few people in Norway and few people in the United States. "Kudelycz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nenad Kudelić, Velimir Kudelić, Josip Kudelić, Zlatko Kudelić, Predrag Kudelić, Ligija Kudelić, Stjepan Kudelić, Ivica Kudelić, Siniša Kudelić, Davor Kudelić, Tomislav Kudelić, Srećko Kudelić, Jelena Kudelić, Danko Kudelić, Jasminka Kudelić, Miroslav Kudelić, Kristina Kudelić, Renata Kudelić, Dean Kudelić

Mentions in sources

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

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