Surname Juraš in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Juraš families are Croats (from Donji Miholjac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Donji Miholjac area.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Juraš live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, threee cities and threee other places, mostly in Sesvete (<5), Funtana in Rovinj area (<5), Vuger Selo (<5), Zagreb (<5), and in Porec (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Juraš (including: Juras , Yurash , Jurasz , Iuras , Yuras , Jurash , Jurras , Iurash , Jurassi and Jurass ) is present in 45 countries worldwide. The family name "Juras " is used by some 4000 people in Poland , about 2000 in Slovakia , and some 1000 people in the United States. "Jurash " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Yurash " is used by some 800 people in Ukraine , about 300 in Russian Federation , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Petar Juraš, Nada Juraš, Emil Juraš, Nevija Juraš, Robert Juraš, Zvonimir Juraš, Marta Juraš, Antun Juraš, Milenka Juraš, Ilija Juraš, Aldo Juraš, Željka Juraš, Leonard Juraš, Eugen Juraš, Luka Juraš, Antonietta Juraš, Ema Juraš, Bare Juraš, Josip Juraš

Mentions in sources

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

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