Čulinović families are Croats and they are mostly from Otocac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Otocac and Rijeka.
Prevalence
About 160 people with faimily name Čulinović live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent. They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 20 cities and 12 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Rijeka (20), Sisak (15), Lijeva Martinska Ves in Sisak area (15), and in Andrilovec (10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.