Surname Hursa in modern Croatia

Hursa families are Croats and they are mostly from Oroslavje. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Oroslavje.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Hursa live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and 8 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Mokrice (20), Stubicka Slatina (10), Oroslavje (<5), and in Zapresic (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to Germany (1) and the United States (1).
Family name Hursa (including: Thursa , Chursa and Chekursa ) is present in 10 countries on three continents. The family name "Hursa " is used by some 50 people in the United States. "Thursa " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Danica Hursa, Anica Hursa, Igor Hursa, Oto Hursa, Neno Hursa, Davor Hursa, Ljiljana Hursa, Zvjezdana Hursa, Nikolina Hursa, Lidija Hursa, Nedeljko Hursa, Vladimir Hursa, Ines Hursa, Krunoslav Hursa, Damir Hursa, Karmen Hursa, Nevenka Hursa, Dalibor Hursa, Vera Hursa

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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