Surname Kukla in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Kukla live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Novska (10), Zagreb (<10), Kobilic (<5), Suhopolje in Virovitica area (<5), and in Draga Bascanska on the Island of Krk (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kukla (including: Chukla , Kuchla , Kuchela , Kukkla , Kuchula , Kucla , Cukla , Kuckla and Khukla ) is present in 56 countries worldwide. The family name "Kukla " is used by some 4000 people in Poland , about 2000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Ukraine. "Kuckla " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States. "Cukla " is used by some 50 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stanislav Kukla, Sandra Kukla, Mladen Kukla, Oto Kukla, Zdenka Kukla, Željka Kukla, Saša Kukla, Ana Kukla, Dragutin Kukla, Anto Kukla, Dalibor Kukla, Darija Kukla, Ivica Kukla, Karel Kukla, Danica Kukla, Branimir Kukla, Alan Kukla, Sanja Kukla, Đurđica Kukla

Mentions in sources

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

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