Surname Juratovac in modern Croatia

Juratovac families are Croats and they are mostly from Samobor. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Samobor and Zagreb. In Novo Selo Žumberačko in Samobor nearly every inhabitant had the family name Juratovac.

Prevalence

About 220 people with faimily name Juratovac live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 180 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 15 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Zagreb (85), Samobor (30), Novo Selo Zumberacko (15), Gornji Uljanik (<10), and in Bjelovar (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least 15 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (6), Germany (6), Canada (1), the United States (1), and to France (1).
Family name Juratovac is present in 7 countries on three continents. The family name "Juratovac " is used by some 200 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Australia. "Yuratovac " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Petra Juratovac, Miljenko Juratovac, Zlatko Juratovac, Damir Juratovac, Tomo Juratovac, Predrag Juratovac, Mirjana Juratovac, Krešimir Juratovac, Željko Juratovac, Dubravko Juratovac, Ivan Juratovac, Marko Juratovac, Tomislav Juratovac, Ivana Juratovac, Marijana Juratovac, Janko Juratovac, Snježana Juratovac, Marijan Juratovac, Đurđa Juratovac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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