Surname Ćulum in modern Croatia

Ćulum families are predominantly Croats and they are mostly from Knin area. According to some sources they are from Donji Muc (Split), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ploce and in Knin area. In Donji Muć in Sinj area every fiftieth inhabitant had the family name Ćulum.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Ćulum live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 90 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Rijeka (20), Split (15), Donji Muc in Sinj area (15), Zagreb (10), and in Peracko Blato (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ćulum (including: Culum , Cullum and Chulum ) is present in 42 countries worldwide. The family name "Culum " is used by some 1000 people in Turkey , about 700 in Guatemala , and some 100 people in the United States. "Cullum " is used by some 4000 people in the United States , about 1000 in Great Britain , and some 500 people in South Africa.

Characteristic first names

Bojana Ćulum, Tanja Ćulum, Sven Ćulum, Snježana Ćulum, Mladen Ćulum, Nikola Ćulum, Marina Ćulum, Izeta Ćulum, Martina Ćulum, Dražen Ćulum, Jadran Ćulum, Josip Ćulum, Kate Ćulum, Vlasta Ćulum, Karolina Ćulum, Miro Ćulum, Dragica Ćulum, Jasminka Ćulum, Pero Ćulum

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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