Surname Curić in modern Croatia

Curić families are Croats and they are mostly from Opuzen area. According to some sources they are from the Popovo valley in Herzegovina. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Dubrovnik and in Nova Gradiska area. In Opatovac in Nova Gradiska area every third inhabitant had the family name Curić.

Prevalence

About 590 people with faimily name Curić live in Croatia today, in 240 households. There were 370 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 34 cities and 63 other places, mostly in Opatovac in Nova Gradiska area (85), Opuzen (80), Dubrovnik (75), Zagreb (65), and in Stitar (30).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (4), Australia (2), Switzerland (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Curić (including: Curic , Zuric , Curich , Curicho , Curici , Curiche , Churich , Curych and Curick ) is present in 40 countries worldwide. "Curich " is used by some 100 people in Peru , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in South Africa. "Zuric " is used by some 60 people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Australia. "Churich " is used by some 70 people in the United States and small number in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Snježana Curić, Branko Curić, Zoran Curić, Zvonimir Curić, Sanja Curić, Marijo Curić, Jadranka Curić, Damir Curić, Darinka Curić, Ljiljana Curić, Davor Curić, Božica Curić, Ivan Curić, Bruno Curić, Tamara Curić, Krunoslav Curić, Marija Curić, Krešimir Curić, Marko Curić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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