Surname Kulej in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kulej families are Croats (from Virovitica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bjelovar and in Virovitica area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Kulej live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in four Croatian counties and two other places, mostly in Virovitica (<10), Zagreb (<5), Bjelovar (<5), Janja Lipa (<5), and in Jugovo Polje in Virovitica area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kulej (including: Kulei , Kuley , Kulley , Culey , Kuhlee , Culej , Kuhley , Kulee and Khuley ) is present in 57 countries worldwide. "Kulee " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kulley " is used by some 300 people in Ghana and about 60 in the United States. "Kuhley " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Mihaela Kulej, Dinko Kulej, Davorka Kulej, Đurđa Kulej, Saša Kulej, Željko Kulej, Zdenko Kulej, Marica Kulej, Darko Kulej, Davor Kulej, Dražen Kulej, Svjetlana Kulej, Rudolf Kulej, Marija Kulej, Zdravko Kulej, Tomo Kulej, Jula Kulej, Franjo Kulej, Zdenka Kulej

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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