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Surname Ćurić in modern Croatia
Ćurić families are Croats and they are mostly from east Herzegovina. According to some sources they are from Boka Kotorska and from Makarske. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in East Herzegovina (Bileca area) and in Western Bosnia (Tomislavgrad area). In places Korita and Prisoje in East Herzegovina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Ćurić.
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Prevalence
About 2100 people with faimily name Ćurić live in Croatia today, in 800 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 74 cities and 128 other places, mostly in Zagreb (560), Djakovo (220), Slavonski Brod (170), Sesvete (130), and in Split (125).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Ćurić (including: Curic , Curich , Churich , Curicho , Curici , Curiche , Ciuric , Curych and Curick ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. "Churich " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in Argentina. "Curich " is used by some 100 people in Peru , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in South Africa.
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Characteristic first names
Iljko Ćurić,
Josip Ćurić,
Jozo Ćurić,
Filip Ćurić,
Duška Ćurić,
Alen Ćurić,
Mate Ćurić,
Mirko Ćurić,
Branimir Ćurić,
Pavao Ćurić,
Anton Ćurić,
Ante Ćurić,
Josipa Ćurić,
Zdravko Ćurić,
Stipica Ćurić,
Dražan Ćurić,
Ivan Ćurić,
Vladimir Ćurić,
Bernard Ćurić
