Surname Kukuljević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kukuljević families are almost entirely Croats (from Slatina ), very rarely Bosniaks (from Bosnian Posavina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Virovitica and in Nasice area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Kukuljević live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and threee other places, mostly in Slatina (15), Zagreb (15), Djurdjenovac in Nasice area (<10), Nasice (<10), and in Josipovac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kukuljević is present in 7 countries on three continents. The family name "Kukuljevic " is used by small number of people in Turkey , small number in the United States , and small number of people in South Africa.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Kukuljević, Denis Kukuljević, Dario Kukuljević, Vuk Kukuljević, Antun Kukuljević, Franjo Kukuljević, Ambroz Kukuljević, Jasminka Kukuljević, Rasim Kukuljević, Marijo Kukuljević, Krešimir Kukuljević, Miloslav Kukuljević, Ankica Kukuljević, Đurđica Kukuljević, Marina Kukuljević, Mario Kukuljević, Josip Kukuljević, Zdenka Kukuljević, Ševalija Kukuljević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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