Surname Kurelić in modern Croatia

Kurelić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Rab. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and on the Island of Rab. In Boljun in Buzet area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Kurelić.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Kurelić live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 0 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Rijeka (30), in Palit (25), Kampor (25) and Supetarska Draga (15) on the Island of Rab, and in Zagreb (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (2), Germany (2), Sweden (1), Switzerland (1), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Kurelić (including: Kurelic , Kurelich and Curelich ) is present in 9 countries on three continents. The family name "Kurelic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Italy , and small number of people in Switzerland. "Kurelich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Bruno Kurelić, Zoran Kurelić, Romano Kurelić, Silvano Kurelić, Alen Kurelić, Tahir Kurelić, Mira Kurelić, Mirko Kurelić, Rafael Kurelić, Marija Kurelić, Marin Kurelić, Dejan Kurelić, Anja Kurelić, Vesna Kurelić, Nada Kurelić, Klaudijo Kurelić, Jelica Kurelić, Renata Kurelić, Milijana Kurelić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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