Fureš families are Croats and they are mostly from Jastrebarsko area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Jastrebarsko area. In Goli Vrh in Jastrebarsko area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Fureš.
Prevalence
About 160 people with faimily name Fureš live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent. They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 15 other places, mostly in Goli Vrh in Jastrebarsko area (35), Zagreb (25), Osijek (20), Donji Desinec (15), and in Spiranec (10).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.