Surname Rukljić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Rukljić families are Croats (from Varazdin area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin area and in Varazdin. In Petrijanec in Varazdin area every seventieth inhabitant had the family name Rukljić.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Rukljić live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number tripled.
They are located in two Croatian counties, threee cities and another small place , mostly in Petrijanec in Varazdin area (15), Varazdin (<10), Lepoglava (<5), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Rukljić is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Hrvoje Rukljić, Bernardica Rukljić, Josip Rukljić, Tomica Rukljić, Vesna Rukljić, Ivan Rukljić, Božica Rukljić, Jurica Rukljić, Marija Rukljić, Valerija Rukljić, Agata Rukljić, Stjepan Rukljić, Jagica Rukljić, Franjo Rukljić, Franca Rukljić, Pavao Rukljić, Đurđica Rukljić, Petar Rukljić, Anja Rukljić

Mentions in sources

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

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories