Surname Čulina in modern Croatia

Čulina families are Croats and they are mostly from Novigrada. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Novigrad and Zadar. In Pridraga in Novigrad every sixth inhabitant had the family name Čulina.

Prevalence

About 1300 people with faimily name Čulina live in Croatia today, in 510 households. There were 590 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 43 cities and 60 other places, mostly in Zagreb (235), Pridraga in Novigrad Area in Dalmatia (230), Zadar (190), Split (105), and in Rijeka (85).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), the United States (1), Austria (1), New Zealand (1), and to Australia (1).
Family name Čulina (including: Culina , Chulina , Cullina , Chekulina , Chadulina , Ciulina , Chaulina , Charulina , Chabulina and Chepulina ) is present in 34 countries worldwide. The family name "Culina " is used by some 400 people in Romania , about 100 in the United States , and some 100 people in Canada. "Cullina " is used by some 200 people in the United States and small number in Egypt.

Characteristic first names

Sandra Čulina, Marija Čulina, Marinko Čulina, Ive Čulina, Borivoj Čulina, Ivica Čulina, Marijan Čulina, Domagoj Čulina, Mirjana Čulina, Elizabeta Čulina, Suzana Čulina, Marko Čulina, Jasminka Čulina, Josip Čulina, Milan Čulina, Sanja Čulina, Vesela Čulina, Marina Čulina, Mario Čulina

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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