Surname Gjurić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gjurić families are Croats (from Djurdjevac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Bjelovar. In Ertić in Ozalj area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Gjurić.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Gjurić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (20), Varazdin (<10), Kuzmica (<10), Nasice (<10), and in Molve in Djurdjevac area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gjurić (including: Gjurich , Gyurics , Gjuric , Gyurich , Gyuricz and Giurich ) is present in 9 countries on four continents. "Gjurich " is used by some 80 people in the United States and about 60 in Argentina. "Gyurich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Gyuricz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mislav Gjurić, Ivica Gjurić, Gorjana Gjurić, Jeannette Gjurić, Nikola Gjurić, Stanka Gjurić, Marija Gjurić, Lana Gjurić, Bojana Gjurić, Suzana Gjurić, Milenko Gjurić, Tomislav Gjurić, Mihajlo Gjurić, Katica Gjurić, Gorana Gjurić, Petar Gjurić, Zvonimir Gjurić, Karlo Gjurić, Gordana Gjurić

Mentions in sources

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

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