Surname Čulić in modern Croatia

Čulić families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Omis (and the Omis area), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Omis. In Nova Sela in Omis every eighth inhabitant had the family name Čulić.

Prevalence

About 670 people with faimily name Čulić live in Croatia today, in 290 households. There were 580 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 33 cities and 45 other places, mostly in Split (350), Zagreb (65), Dugi Rat in Omis area (40), Pula (25), and in Nisko in Solin area (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čulić (including: Culic , Culich , Chulick , Culick , Culici , Chulich , Cullick and Ciulic ) is present in 33 countries worldwide. "Culich " is used by some 70 people in the United States. "Culick " is used by some 70 people in the United States. "Chulick " is used by some 300 people in the United States and small number in Belgium.

Characteristic first names

Joško Čulić, Žarko Čulić, Viktor Čulić, Srđana Čulić, Ognjen Čulić, Marinko Čulić, Zjena Čulić, Nediljko Čulić, Davor Čulić, Vida Čulić, Damir Čulić, Goran Čulić, Ante Čulić, Ivan Čulić, Nikša Čulić, Srećko Čulić, Dražen Čulić, Mirjana Čulić, Josip Čulić

Mentions in sources

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

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