Surname Kukelj in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Kukelj live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only two naselja i to in Medja (<10) and Bockovec (<5) in Krizevci area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Kukelj (including: Cukelj , Kukeli , Kucelj , Cuceli and Kukely ) is present in 15 countries worldwide. "Cukelj " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Kukelj, Valentina Kukelj, Ivan Kukelj, Barica Kukelj, Kata Kukelj, Branka Kukelj, Valent Kukelj, Jana Kukelj, Ivka Kukelj, Maja Kukelj, Luka Kukelj, Ana Kukelj, Draga Kukelj, Eva Kukelj, Franca Kukelj, Imbro Kukelj, Jalža Kukelj, Josip Kukelj, Katarina Kukelj

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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