Kukolja families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zabok. In Martinišće in Zabok every eighth inhabitant had the family name Kukolja.
Prevalence
About 210 people with faimily name Kukolja live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 150 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent. They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Zagreb (110), Varazdin (15), Martinisce (15), Jezero Klanjecko in Zabok area (<10), and in Vintijan in Pula area (<10).
Outside Croatia
At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), the United States (4), Belgium (2), and to Australia (1). Family name Kukolja is present in 6 countries on three continents. The family name "Kukolja " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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.
