Surname Žuljević in modern Croatia

Žuljević families are Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Krajina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Gornji Vakuf area) and in Bosnian Krajina (Sipovo area). In Ždrimci in Middle Bosnia every sixth inhabitant had the family name Žuljević.

Prevalence

About 610 people with faimily name Žuljević live in Croatia today, in 260 households. There were 420 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 40 cities and 62 other places, mostly in Zagreb (130), Split (75), Osijek (35), Grab in Sinj area (30), and in Rijeka (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 11 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (5), the United States (3), Austria (2), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Žuljević (including: Zuljevic , Zulyevic , Zulyevich and Zuljevich ) is present in 16 countries worldwide. The family name "Zuljevic " is used by some 200 people in Argentina , about 100 in Chile , and some 70 people in the United States. "Zuljevich " is used by few people in the United States. "Zulyevic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ervin Žuljević, Ante Žuljević, Milan Žuljević, Marko Žuljević, Ilija Žuljević, Ivica Žuljević, Ivo Žuljević, Nikola Žuljević, Petra Žuljević, Goran Žuljević, Željko Žuljević, Ankica Žuljević, Josip Žuljević, Dražen Žuljević, Ivan Žuljević, Daniel Žuljević, Marijana Žuljević, Stjepan Žuljević, Sanja Žuljević

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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