Surname Kukolj in modern Croatia

Kukolj families are often Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Maglaj area) and in Knin. In places Matina and Lugovi in Middle Bosnia every eighth inhabitant had the family name Kukolj.

Prevalence

About 300 people with faimily name Kukolj live in Croatia today, in 150 households. There were 310 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 50 other places, mostly in Knin (30), Zagreb (25), Rijeka (15), Pula (10), and in Bjelovar (10).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (2), the United States (2), Germany (2), and to Austria (1).
Family name Kukolj (including: Kukoly , Cucoli and Kukoli ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. "Kukoly " is used by some 90 people in Hungary , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Milorad Kukolj, Nikica Kukolj, Mersada Kukolj, Mirko Kukolj, Inga Kukolj, Dragan Kukolj, Marijan Kukolj, Ilija Kukolj, Ivica Kukolj, Mario Kukolj, Marija Kukolj, Nataša Kukolj, Nino Kukolj, Đurđa Kukolj, Pero Kukolj, Milan Kukolj, Jela Kukolj, Mirjana Kukolj, Josip Kukolj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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