Surname Jurač in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Jurač live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Zagreb (35), Split (25), Lozisca on the Island of Brac (10), and in Kraljevec na Sutli (<10) and Gornji Cemehovec (<10) in Zabok area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Jurač (including: Jurac , Jurach , Jurack , Yurack , Yurach , Juratsch and Juracz ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. The family name "Jurac " is used by some 100 people in Moldova , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Jurach " is used by some 300 people in Brazil , about 100 in the United States , and some 50 people in Poland. "Juracz " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivana Jurač, Ines Jurač, Vedran Jurač, Vera Jurač, Mladen Jurač, Varja Jurač, Marijan Jurač, Ivica Jurač, Vinko Jurač, Dražen Jurač, Tomislav Jurač, Mislav Jurač, Mate Jurač, Damir Jurač, Martina Jurač, Milica Jurač, Maja Jurač, Zvonko Jurač, Đurđa Jurač

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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