Surname Juršić in modern Croatia

Juršić families are Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Cakovec. In Cukrići in Labin area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Juršić.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Juršić live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 300 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 18 cities and 23 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Pula (20), Cakovec (15), Nedelisce in Cakovec area (10), and in Dugo Selo (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Juršić (including: Jursich , Jursic , Iursich , Jursick , Yursich and Jürschick ) is present in 8 countries on three continents. The family name "Jursic " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Jursich " is used by some 90 people in Colombia and about 60 in the United States. "Yursich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marijan Juršić, Davor Juršić, Ljudevit Juršić, Helena Juršić, Pavao Juršić, Marina Juršić, Goran Juršić, Ljubica Juršić, Nikola Juršić, Tihomir Juršić, Mirjana Juršić, Emina Juršić, Martin Juršić, Zvonimir Juršić, Branimir Juršić, Igor Juršić, Vladimir Juršić, Dragica Juršić, Ivica Juršić

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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