Čulav Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Čulav Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Čulav Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia451:93,96915,353
Slovenia71:355,38217,336

The alternate forms: Ćulav (88) & Culav (9) are calculated separately.

Čulav Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Čulav Come From? nationality or country of origin

Čulav is found most frequently in Croatia. It may also appear as a variant: Ćulav or Culav. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Čulav? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,689,253rd most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name Čulav occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Čulav live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in Croatia, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 93,969. In Croatia Čulav is most prevalent in: Split-Dalmatia County, where 64 percent live, Šibenik-Knin County, where 27 percent live and City of Zagreb, where 9 percent live. Excluding Croatia this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ćulav9388/
Culav939/
Čulev8057/
Čulap8031/
Zulav801/
Čulov801/
Zulaev73218/
Čaulev736/
Chulav731/
Zhulaev67205/
Tsulaev6733/
Dzulaev6731/
Zulyaev6721/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Čulav
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