Surname Čurila in modern Croatia

Čurila families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin and in Varazdin area. In Lužan Biškupečki in Varazdin area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Čurila.

Prevalence

About 170 people with faimily name Čurila live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 20 other places, mostly in Turcin in Varazdin area (50), Sveti Djurdj in Ludbreg area (15), Zagreb (10), Varazdin Breg in Varazdin area (<10), and in Gorjani in Djakovo area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čurila (including: Curila , Curilla , Churilla , Churila , Curella , Ciurila , Csurilla , Ciuryla , Currilla and Curyla ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. "Churilla " is used by some 700 people in the United States and small number in Canada. "Csurilla " is used by small number of people in Hungary , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Czech Republic. "Curyla " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Vladimir Čurila, Marija Čurila, Branko Čurila, Zoran Čurila, Miroslav Čurila, Renata Čurila, Milan Čurila, Ivana Čurila, Željko Čurila, Simona Čurila, Danijela Čurila, Josip Čurila, Karlo Čurila, Franjo Čurila, Zlatko Čurila, Milica Čurila, Damir Čurila, Katarina Čurila, Svjetlana Čurila

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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