Surname Gjurkin in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Gjurkin families are predominantly Croats (from Samobor ), rarely Hungarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ludbreg area and in Garesnica.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Gjurkin live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in one Croatian city only, in Samobor (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Gjurkin is present in this form only in Croatia.

Characteristic first names

Ana Gjurkin, Violeta Gjurkin, Krešimir Gjurkin, Iva Gjurkin, Juraj Gjurkin, Marija Gjurkin, Dražen Gjurkin, Petar Gjurkin, Stjepan Gjurkin, Jana Gjurkin, Blaž Gjurkin, Ivanka Gjurkin, Jela Gjurkin, Kate Gjurkin, Katica Gjurkin, Marica Gjurkin, Tonika Gjurkin

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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