Surname Ćurčija in modern Croatia

Ćurčija families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac area , often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac area and in Imotsko. In Popović Brdo in Karlovac every seventh inhabitant had the family name Ćurčija.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Ćurčija live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Zagreb (25), Zadar (20), Donji Prolozac in Imotski area (20), Dubrovnik (15), and in Stari Slatinik in Pleternica area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Ćurčija (including: Curcija , Churchija ) is present in 12 countries on three continents. The family name "Curcija " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number in France. "Churchija " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ljiljana Ćurčija, Milorad Ćurčija, Snježana Ćurčija, Zdenka Ćurčija, Marija Ćurčija, Nediljka Ćurčija, Jovan Ćurčija, Damir Ćurčija, Ivana Ćurčija, Nedjeljko Ćurčija, Tomislav Ćurčija, Eva Ćurčija, Kristina Ćurčija, Ljudevit Ćurčija, Mladen Ćurčija, Mara Ćurčija, Pero Ćurčija, Ive Ćurčija, Selma Ćurčija

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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