Surname Curiš in modern Croatia

Curiš families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zlatar area. In Galovec in Zlatar area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Curiš.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Curiš live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), in Galovec (15), Konjscina (15) and Jelovec (15) in Zlatar area, and in Novoselec in Ivanic-Grad area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Curiš (including: Curis , Curish , Curris , Curries , Churish , Churisha , Churis and Curies ) is present in 21 countries worldwide. "Curish " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Curies " is used by few people in the United States. "Curris " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Kristina Curiš, Danijela Curiš, Želimir Curiš, Stjepan Curiš, Siniša Curiš, Mladen Curiš, Tomislav Curiš, Nenad Curiš, Daniela Curiš, Željko Curiš, Dario Curiš, Bruno Curiš, Karlo Curiš, Zoran Curiš, Sandra Curiš, Željka Curiš, Damir Curiš, Đurđica Curiš, Karolina Curiš

Mentions in sources

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

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