Surname Deur in modern Croatia

Deur families are Croats and they are mostly from Benkovac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac area and in Sibenik.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Deur live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 6 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Stankovci in Benkovac area (15), Biograd na moru (15), Zadar (10), and in Bila Vlaka in Benkovac area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Deur (including: Deuer , Dheur , Dehur , Deurr and Deuhr ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Deur " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 100 in France , and some 90 people in the Netherlands. "Deurr " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Deuhr " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Joško Deur, Andrej Deur, Josip Deur, Marija Deur, Mladenka Deur, Sanja Deur, Dražen Deur, Boško Deur, Martin Deur, Maja Deur, Marin Deur, Marina Deur, Davorka Deur, Borislav Deur, Anđa Deur, Denis Deur, Joso Deur, Ivana Deur, Dijana Deur

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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