Surname Juratić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Juratić families are generally Croats (from Jastrebarsko area ), very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Karlovac. In Gornji Oštri Vrh Ozaljski in Ozalj every tenth inhabitant had the family name Juratić.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Juratić live in Croatia today, in 11 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and another small place , mostly in Zagreb (<10), Donja Kupcina in Jastrebarsko area (<10), Split (<5), Karlovac (<5), and in Ozalj (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Juratić (including: Juratic , Yuratich and Juratich ) is present in five countries on three continents. The family name "Juratic " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in France. "Juratich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Yuratich " is used by some 60 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Srećko Juratić, Željko Juratić, Katarina Juratić, Nenad Juratić, Marica Juratić, Mario Juratić, Hrvoje Juratić, Marjana Juratić, Vesna Juratić, Branka Juratić, Snježana Juratić, Slavica Juratić, Gordan Juratić, Denira Juratić, Dino Juratić, Karlo Juratić, Karmen Juratić, Marija Juratić, Vjekoslav Juratić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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