Surname Sukelj in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Sukelj families are Croats (from Vrbovec area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Sukelj live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian counties, two cities and another small place , mostly in Zagreb (<5), Gradec in Vrbovec area (<5), and in Vrbovec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Sukelj (including: Sukeli , Sucely and Sukelli ) is present in 7 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Petra Sukelj, Dalibor Sukelj, Danijel Sukelj, Milivoj Sukelj, Štefica Sukelj, Barbara Sukelj, Lucas Sukelj, Ana Sukelj, Jelena Sukelj, Emil Sukelj, Franjo Sukelj, Barica Sukelj, Katica Sukelj

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.

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