Surname Hure in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Hure families are Croats (from the Island of Hvar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and on the Island of Hvar.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Hure live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in threee Croatian counties and two other places, mostly in Hvar (20) and Brusje (10) on the Island of Hvar, Dubrovnik (10), Split (<10), and in Zagreb (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Argentina (7) and the United States (1).
Family name Hure (including: Chaure , Huere , Thure , Chure , Hurre , Huré , Huurre , Huree and Hurreh ) is present in 58 countries worldwide. "Hurreh " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Choure " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Kenya , and small number of people in Germany. "Thaure " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Jure Hure, Marina Hure, Ivanka Hure, Ivo Hure, Maja Hure, Lucija Hure, Luka Hure, Niko Hure, Juraj Hure, Matko Hure, Ankica Hure, Mira Hure, Marija Hure, Miko Hure, Ivan Hure, Petar Hure, Katica Hure, Tanja Hure, Kate Hure

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1729 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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