Surname Kukuljan in modern Croatia

Kukuljan families are Croats and they are mostly from Rijeka area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and in Rijeka area. In Kukuljani in Rijeka area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Kukuljan.

Prevalence

About 260 people with faimily name Kukuljan live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 370 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are only located in in 11 Croatian cities and 30 other places, mostly in Rijeka (75), and in Kukuljani (20), Martinovo Selo (20), Podkilavac (15) and Podhum (10) in Rijeka area.

Outside Croatia

At least 13 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (6), France (3), Austria (1), the United Kingdom (1), Germany (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Kukuljan (including: Kukulyan , Cuculyan , Chukulyan and Kukulian ) is present in 15 countries worldwide. The family name "Kukuljan " is used by small number of people in Argentina , small number in Chile , and small number of people in the United States. "Chukulyan " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Melita Kukuljan, Klaudio Kukuljan, Linda Kukuljan, Vlado Kukuljan, Igor Kukuljan, Katica Kukuljan, Valter Kukuljan, Ivan Kukuljan, Ljiljana Kukuljan, Ljubo Kukuljan, Antony Kukuljan, Svetlana Kukuljan, Vladica Kukuljan, Milan Kukuljan, Jasna Kukuljan, Alan Kukuljan, Josip Kukuljan, Željko Kukuljan, Mirjana Kukuljan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1923 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories