Surname Gjura in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gjura families are Croats (from Koprivnica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Grubisno Polje and Lepoglava.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Gjura live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, four cities and threee other places, mostly in Strmec Humski in Pregrada area (<10), Zagreb (<5), Gornja Visnjica (<5), Ivanic-Grad (<5), and in Vojnic in Duga Resa area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gjura (including: Giura , Gyura and Gjurra ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. The family name "Gjura " is used by some 500 people in Albania , about 60 in Greece , and small number of people in the United States. "Gyura " is used by some 200 people in Hungary and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Gjura, Bojan Gjura, Danijela Gjura, Dušanka Gjura, Marijan Gjura, Zlata Gjura, Josip Gjura, Biserka Gjura, Davor Gjura, Paulina Gjura, Bara Gjura, Ljubica Gjura, Emilija Gjura, Alojz Gjura, Cecilija Gjura, Ana Gjura, Slavica Gjura, Kata Gjura, Željko Gjura

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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