Surname Kuljak in modern Croatia

Kuljak 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 in Zlatar area.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Kuljak live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), in Konjscina (15) and Susobreg (<10) in Zlatar area, Zlatar-Bistrica in Oroslavje area (<10), and in Gornji Fodrovec in Krizevci area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kuljak (including: Culjak , Kulyak , Chuljak , Kuliak , Chulyak , Culiac , Khulyak and Chouliak ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Kuljak " is used by few people in the United States. "Kulyak " is used by some 300 people in Ukraine , about 90 in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States. "Kuliak " is used by some 60 people in Russian Federation , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Gordan Kuljak, Đurđica Kuljak, Zoran Kuljak, Marijo Kuljak, Davor Kuljak, Ana Kuljak, Jasenka Kuljak, Velimir Kuljak, Ivan Kuljak, Nevenka Kuljak, Mladen Kuljak, Marijan Kuljak, Dario Kuljak, Ljiljana Kuljak, Robert Kuljak, Karolina Kuljak, Biljana Kuljak, Željka Kuljak, Mirjana Kuljak

Mentions in sources

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.

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