Surname Gjurgjević in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gjurgjević families are predominantly Croats (from Dubrovnik area ), rarely Roms (from Bjelovar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Virovitica and Zagreb. In Srednja Diklenica in Bjelovar area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Gjurgjević.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Gjurgjević live in Croatia today, in 10 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and threee other places, mostly in Bjelovar (<10), Zagreb (<10), Slavonski Brod (<10), Rijeka (<5), and in Oslje in Dubrovnik area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gjurgjević (including: Gjurgjevic , Gyurgyevich and Giurgievich ) is present in four countries.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Gjurgjević, Stijepo Gjurgjević, Stevo Gjurgjević, Helena Gjurgjević, Stanko Gjurgjević, Mato Gjurgjević, Antun Gjurgjević, Boris Gjurgjević, Marija Gjurgjević, Tatjana Gjurgjević, Vladimir Gjurgjević, Tomo Gjurgjević, Sofija Gjurgjević, Anka Gjurgjević, Mare Gjurgjević, Tomaš Gjurgjević, Nina Gjurgjević, Gjuro Gjurgjević, Ivan Gjurgjević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1642 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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