Surname Licul in modern Croatia

Licul families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Labin area , rarely Italians from Rijeke. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Labin. In places Šumber , Dolica and Želiski in Labin area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Licul.

Prevalence

About 540 people with faimily name Licul live in Croatia today, in 240 households. There were 700 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are only located in in 13 Croatian cities and 36 other places, mostly in Pula (95), Labin (75), Sumber in Labin area (55), Rijeka (50), and in Zeliski in Labin area (35).

Outside Croatia

At least 47 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (33), France (4), Australia (3), the United Kingdom (2), Argentina (2), Venezuela (1), Canada (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Licul (including: Lizzul , Lizul ) is present in 11 countries on four continents. The family name "Licul " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Australia. "Lizzul " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 100 in Argentina , and some 100 people in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Severino Licul, Denis Licul, Valter Licul, Marica Licul, Leonardo Licul, Andrej Licul, Eđidio Licul, Dean Licul, Stanislav Licul, Kristian Licul, Toni Licul, Željko Licul, Gianfranco Licul, Marta Licul, Silvio Licul, Mario Licul, Adriana Licul, Zoran Licul, Ivan Licul

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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