Surname Trkulja in modern Croatia

Trkulja families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Glina area , whereas often Croats (from Petrinja ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Glina area and in Zagreb. In Mačkovo Selo in Petrinja every second inhabitant had the family name Trkulja.

Prevalence

About 580 people with faimily name Trkulja live in Croatia today, in 290 households. There were 1000 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 39 cities and 68 other places, mostly in Zagreb (105), Rijeka (40), Petrinja (25), Karlovac (25), and in Imsovac in Daruvar area (25).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), the United States (3), the Netherlands (2), Austria (1), France (1), Canada (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Trkulja (including: Trkulya , Trkulia ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Trkulja " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 100 in Canada , and some 100 people in Australia. "Trkulia " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marinko Trkulja, Bojan Trkulja, Milomir Trkulja, Vladimir Trkulja, Janja Trkulja, Branka Trkulja, Željko Trkulja, David Trkulja, Drena Trkulja, Katica Trkulja, Mirjana Trkulja, Dubravko Trkulja, Milan Trkulja, Borislav Trkulja, Ranko Trkulja, Branislav Trkulja, Fides Trkulja, Ankica Trkulja, Gordana Trkulja

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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