Surname Kurelja in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kurelja families are Croats (from the Island of Lastovo ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Oroslavje.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Kurelja live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Krusljevo Selo (10), Andrasevec (<10), Pustodol (<10), and in Zaklopatica on the Island of Lastovo (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kurelja is present in 6 countries on three continents. The family name "Kurelja " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kurelia " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Kurelja, Antonio Kurelja, Mariza Kurelja, Melita Kurelja, Božidar Kurelja, Vladimir Kurelja, Valentina Kurelja, Anđelko Kurelja, Srećko Kurelja, Anđela Kurelja, Ljiljana Kurelja, Zlatko Kurelja, Dean Kurelja, Darko Kurelja, Danijela Kurelja, Nevenka Kurelja, Lidija Kurelja, Vjekoslav Kurelja, Tamara Kurelja

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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