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).
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.