Surname Kužela in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kužela families are Croats (from Grubisno Polje area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Grubisno Polje area and in Bjelovar area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Kužela live in Croatia today, in 9 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Bjelovar (<10), Velika Pisanica in Grubisno Polje area (<5), Zagreb (<5), Kampor on the Island of Rab (<5), and in Nova Raca in Bjelovar area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kužela (including: Kuzela , Cuzela , Kuzhela and Cuzella ) is present in 6 countries on two continents. The family name "Kuzela " is used by some 80 people in the United States and about 60 in Czech Republic. "Cuzela " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Cuzella " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Anka Kužela, Jasminka Kužela, Marijan Kužela, Vesna Kužela, Ivan Kužela, Franjo Kužela, Dragica Kužela, Milica Kužela, Darko Kužela, Ivanka Kužela, Štefanija Kužela, Marica Kužela, Katarina Kužela, Iva Kužela

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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