Surname Juranić in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 450 people with faimily name Juranić live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 550 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 48 other places, mostly in Zagreb (105), Rijeka (50), Zlatar (30), Ivanovac in Osijek area (25), and in Drenovec (20).

Outside Croatia

At least 16 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (13) and Australia (3).
Family name Juranić (including: Juranic , Juranich , Yuranich , Juranics , Juraniec , Iuranich , Yuranych and Juranitsch ) is present in 17 countries on three continents. The family name "Juranic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Germany. "Juranich " is used by some 60 people in the United States and small number in Austria. "Yuranich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Juranić, Jurica Juranić, Zoran Juranić, Sandra Juranić, Gojko Juranić, Miljenko Juranić, Marko Juranić, Krešimir Juranić, Đani Juranić, Milorad Juranić, Ani Juranić, Milan Juranić, Brankica Juranić, Zvonimir Juranić, Ivan Juranić, Davor Juranić, Marica Juranić, Marino Juranić, Mihaela Juranić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over forty times, the first time 1769 in source 18th Century Census.

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