Surname Jurasić in modern Croatia

Jurasić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Krk. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and on the Island of Krk. In Linardići on the Island of Krk every fourth inhabitant had the family name Jurasić.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Jurasić live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Rijeka (40), Orlec on the Island of Cres (10), Malinska on the Island of Krk (10), Kozljak in Labin area (<10), and in Linardici on the Island of Krk (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 24 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (14), Canada (6), Germany (3), and to Australia (1).
Family name Jurasić (including: Jurasic , Jurasich , Jurassich , Jurassic , Yurasich , Iurassich , Yurasic and Iurasich ) is present in 13 countries on four continents. The family name "Jurasic " is used by some 100 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number in Germany. "Jurasich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Iurasich " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ana Jurasić, Katica Jurasić, Dijana Jurasić, Andreja Jurasić, Igor Jurasić, Mirjana Jurasić, Ivica Jurasić, Milan Jurasić, Ljubomir Jurasić, Marko Jurasić, Drago Jurasić, Iva Jurasić, Antun Jurasić, Fuska Jurasić, Laura Jurasić, Franjo Jurasić, Alenka Jurasić, Damir Jurasić, Sandra Jurasić

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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