Surname Gjurec in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gjurec families are Croats (from Varazdinske Toplice area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdinske Toplice area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Gjurec live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are only located in in one Croatian city and 5 other places, mostly in Dedina (<5) and Miholec (<5) in Krizevci area, Kalnik in Varazdinske Toplice area (<5), Bojnikovec (<5), and in Kamesnica in Varazdinske Toplice area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gjurec (including: Gyurech , Gyurecz , Gyurec and Gjurecz ) is present in four countries on two continents. "Gyurec " is used by few people in the United States. "Gyurecz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Gjurec, Janica Gjurec, Branko Gjurec, Dragutin Gjurec, Milka Gjurec, Stjepan Gjurec, Rudolf Gjurec, Vilim Gjurec, Mara Gjurec, Milan Gjurec, Ivan Gjurec, Draženko Gjurec, Marko Gjurec, Ivka Gjurec, Katarina Gjurec, Vinko Gjurec, Jelisava Gjurec, Alojz Gjurec, Jalža Gjurec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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