Surname Mikulec in modern Croatia

Mikulec families are Croats and they are mostly from Oroslavje area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zabok. In places Veleškovec and Lovrečan in Oroslavje area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Mikulec.

Prevalence

About 670 people with faimily name Mikulec live in Croatia today, in 270 households. There were 600 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 30 cities and 65 other places, mostly in Zagreb (135), Lovrecan in Oroslavje area (40), Jarmina in Vinkovci area (40), and in Zlatar-Bistrica (40) and Veleskovec (30) in Oroslavje area.

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (3) and the United States (1).
Family name Mikulec (including: Mikulecz , Mikuletz , Michulec , Mikulez and Mickulec ) is present in 28 countries worldwide. The family name "Mikulec " is used by some 800 people in Czech Republic , about 600 in Poland , and some 500 people in the United States. "Mikulez " is used by few people in the United States. "Mickulec " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vesna Mikulec, Mirjana Mikulec, Alenka Mikulec, Nataša Mikulec, Krešimir Mikulec, Biserka Mikulec, Darko Mikulec, Željko Mikulec, Jurica Mikulec, Sanja Mikulec, Katica Mikulec, Branko Mikulec, Ivan Mikulec, Mladen Mikulec, Marijan Mikulec, Ivica Mikulec, Danijel Mikulec, Irena Mikulec, Vladimir Mikulec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1683 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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