Surname Melin in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Hulec families are Croats (from Novi Marof area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novi Marof area and in Zagreb. In Presečno Visočko in Novi Marof area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Hulec.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Hulec live in Croatia today, in 13 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and 6 other places, mostly in Presecno Visocko (15) and Pofuki (15) in Novi Marof area, Selnica Scitarjevska (<10), Gornja Rijeka in Novi Marof area (<5), and in Zadar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Hulec (including: Huletz , Thaulez ) is present in 7 countries on two continents. The family name "Hulec " is used by some 100 people in the United States and about 90 in Czech Republic. "Huletz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Gordana Melin, Nikola Melin, Ivica Melin, Branko Melin, Mirko Melin, Katica Melin, Stjepan Melin, Slavko Melin, Zlatko Melin, Željko Melin, Nikolina Melin, Ivan Melin, Marija Melin, Barica Melin, Štefica Melin, Ančica Melin, Marko Melin, Goran Melin, Ana Melin

Mentions in sources

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

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