Surname Šulj in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Šulj live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Sveta Marija in Prelog area (25), Koprivnica (15), Koprivnicki Ivanec in Koprivnica area (10), and in Sesvete (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šulj (including: Suli , Sulj , Shuli , Sulli , Schulli , Suly , Schuly , Shuly , Shulli and Schuli ) is present in 104 countries worldwide. "Schuly " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Schuli " is used by few people in the United States. "Sulli " is used by some 500 people in Italy , about 300 in the United States , and some 100 people in France.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Šulj, Vjekoslav Šulj, Duško Šulj, Mijo Šulj, Meri Šulj, Vesna Šulj, Srećko Šulj, Jadranka Šulj, Darko Šulj, Hrvoje Šulj, Krešo Šulj, Mihajlo Šulj, Željka Šulj, Dražen Šulj, Sandra Šulj, Tomislav Šulj, Iva Šulj, Zlatko Šulj, Ranko Šulj

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1929 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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