In Croatia, Čulev families are mainly Croats (from Rijeka ), less frequently Macedonians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka.
Prevalence
Only a few people with faimily name Čulev live in Croatia today, in four households only. They are located in one Croatian city only, in Rijeka (<10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1935 in source Faculty of Humanities University of Zagreb Alumni.