Surname Jurada in modern Croatia

Jurada families are Croats and they are mostly from Pazin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pazin area and in Buzet. In Juradi in Buzet every third inhabitant had the family name Jurada.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Jurada live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Juradi (20), Zagreb (<10), Sveti Martin (<10), Rijeka (<10), and in Rovinj (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), Australia (2), Argentina (2), and to Norway (1).
Family name Jurada (including: Yurada , Iurada ) is present in 15 countries worldwide. "Yurada " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Emil Jurada, Haris Jurada, Sandra Jurada, Ingrid Jurada, Dorijano Jurada, Anri Jurada, Jadranka Jurada, Berto Jurada, Franco Jurada, Gaudencio Jurada, Josip Jurada, Jakša Jurada, Davor Jurada, Dean Jurada, Larisa Jurada, Sonja Jurada, Đeni Jurada, Irena Jurada, Mladen Jurada

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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