Surname Zezula in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Zezula families are generally Croats (from Orahovica area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pleternica and Bjelovar.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Zezula live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and another small place , mostly in Hrnjevac in Orahovica area (<10), Bjelovar (<5), Novigrad (<5), Resnik (<5), and in Zapresic (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Zezula is present in 14 countries on four continents. The family name "Zezula " is used by some 1000 people in Czech Republic , about 1000 in Poland , and some 300 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Goran Zezula, Katica Zezula, Ljiljana Zezula, Đuro Zezula, Željko Zezula, Elvira Zezula, Irena Zezula, Slavica Zezula, Josip Zezula, Koviljka Zezula, Sojka Zezula, Dragica Zezula, Ivan Zezula, Stjepan Zezula, Manda Zezula, Arleta Zezula, Ana Zezula, Robert Zezula, Antonio Zezula

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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