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Surname Juraja in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Juraja families are almost entirely Croats (from Pregrada area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Pregrada area. In Jazbina in Pregrada area every fifth inhabitant had the family name Juraja.
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Prevalence
About 40 people with faimily name Juraja live in Croatia today, in 16 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and 5 other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Jazbina in Pregrada area (<10), Podvinje (<5), Slavonski Brod (<5), and in Koprivnica (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Juraja is present in three countries on three continents.
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Characteristic first names
Branka Juraja,
Zlatko Juraja,
Snježana Juraja,
Branko Juraja,
Damir Juraja,
Antun Juraja,
Boris Juraja,
Zdravko Juraja,
Goran Juraja,
Agneza Juraja,
Tomislav Juraja,
Ranko Juraja,
Sanja Juraja,
Bogdan Juraja,
Željko Juraja,
Petra Juraja,
Zdenka Juraja,
Irena Juraja,
Iva Juraja