Surname Kuljiš in modern Croatia

Kuljiš families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Vis. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and on the Island of Vis.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Kuljiš live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 220 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and threee other places, mostly in Split (45), Zagreb (40), in Komiza (35) and Vis (20) on the Island of Vis, and in Rijeka (10).

Outside Croatia

At least 15 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (4), the United States (3), Chile (3), New Zealand (3), Sweden (1), and to Mexico (1).
Family name Kuljiš (including: Kuljis , Culjis and Kuljish ) is present in 16 countries on four continents. The family name "Kuljis " is used by some 700 people in Bolivia , about 300 in the United States , and some 80 people in Chile. "Culjis " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Denis Kuljiš, Jakov Kuljiš, Dubravka Kuljiš, Maja Kuljiš, Zlatan Kuljiš, Nikola Kuljiš, Tomo Kuljiš, Irena Kuljiš, Viktor Kuljiš, Vladimir Kuljiš, Miroslav Kuljiš, Darko Kuljiš, Andrej Kuljiš, Tomislav Kuljiš, Joško Kuljiš, Miljenko Kuljiš, Žarka Kuljiš, Ante Kuljiš, Kristina Kuljiš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1928 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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