Surname Šura in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šura families are Croats (from Beli Manastir area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Beli Manastir.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Šura live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are only located in threee Croatian cities and another small place , mostly in Osijek (<10), Beli Manastir (<5), Djakovo (<5), and in Satnica Djakovacka in Djakovo area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šura (including: Sura , Shura , Suhra , Szura , Surra , Surah , Schura , Suura , Suera and Schuera ) is present in 93 countries worldwide. The family name "Sura " is used by some 50000 people in Iraq , about 10000 in Indonesia , and some 7000 people in the United States. "Schura " is used by some 90 people in Germany , about 50 in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Suera " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Stjepan Šura, Davor Šura, Mirjana Šura, Darko Šura, Anto Šura, Ružica Šura, Ivica Šura, Tomislav Šura, Franjo Šura, Stana Šura, Katarina Šura, Marta Šura, Krešimir Šura, Zdenka Šura, Marija Šura, Ante Šura

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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