Zulim families are Croats and they are mostly from Trogir area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Trogir and Split.
Prevalence
About 160 people with faimily name Zulim live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent. They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Trogir (60), Seget Donji in Trogir area (30), Split (25), Seget Gornji in Trogir area (15), and in Knin (<5).
Outside Croatia
At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States. Family name Zulim (including: Zhulim , Zhulym ) is present in 13 countries on four continents. The family name "Zulim " is used by some 500 people in Brazil , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Argentina.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1935 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.
