Surname Pulić in modern Croatia

Pulić families are Croats and they are mostly from Skradin. According to some sources they are from Konavle and from Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and Skradin. In places Bićine and Žažvić in Skradin every third inhabitant had the family name Pulić.

Prevalence

About 540 people with faimily name Pulić live in Croatia today, in 210 households. There were 380 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 30 cities and 38 other places, mostly in Sibenik (75), Skradin (65), Zagreb (50), Bicine (35), and in Rijeka (30).

Outside Croatia

At least 12 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (5), France (2), Germany (2), the United States (2), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Pulić (including: Pulic , Pulici , Pulich , Puliche , Pulick , Pulicci , Puhlick and Pullich ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. "Pulich " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Iran , and small number of people in Ukraine. "Pulick " is used by some 90 people in the United States. "Pullich " is used by small number of people in Denmark , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ante Pulić, Niko Pulić, Ivan Pulić, Anka Pulić, Edina Pulić, Luka Pulić, Krešimir Pulić, Maja Pulić, Drago Pulić, Robert Pulić, Igor Pulić, Jadranka Pulić, Albert Pulić, Maro Pulić, Linda Pulić, Ivana Pulić, Davorin Pulić, Draženka Pulić, Ines Pulić

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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