Surname Čulig in modern Croatia

Čulig families are Croats and they are mostly from Ozalj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Karlovac.

Prevalence

About 290 people with faimily name Čulig live in Croatia today, in 140 households. There were 290 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Vrhovac (35), Stubicka Slatina (25), Karlovac (20), and in Petrinja (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), Canada (3), Australia (2), Argentina (2), Switzerland (2), and to the United States (1).
Family name Čulig (including: Culig , Chulig ) is present in 9 countries on four continents. The family name "Culig " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 70 in the Philippines , and small number of people in Canada. "Chulig " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Josip Čulig, Igor Čulig, Benjamin Čulig, Zdravka Čulig, Vladimir Čulig, Zoran Čulig, Antun Čulig, Zlatko Čulig, Želimir Čulig, Davorka Čulig, Zdenko Čulig, Ivan Čulig, Mirjana Čulig, Zvonko Čulig, Dražen Čulig, Željko Čulig, Marinko Čulig, Martina Čulig, Darko Čulig

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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