Surname Kulji in modern Croatia

Kulji 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 Zlatar area and in Varazdin.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Kulji live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located and 5 other Croatian places, mostly in Grtovec in Zlatar area (30), Zagreb (10), Sesvete (<10), Prigorec (<10), and in Labin (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kulji (including: Kuliy , Kully , Chuliy , Chulyy , Culii , Ciulii , Kulii , Kullya and Kulyi ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Kulji " is used by few people in the United States. "Kulii " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kully " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 100 in Pakistan , and some 80 people in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Davor Kulji, Blaženka Kulji, Jurek Kulji, Mirko Kulji, Josip Kulji, Milivoj Kulji, Vladimir Kulji, Goran Kulji, Petra Kulji, Ivan Kulji, Ana Kulji, Zvonko Kulji, Branko Kulji, Aldo Kulji, Dragutin Kulji, Tomo Kulji, Darko Kulji, Mladen Kulji, Valentina Kulji

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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