Jurela families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and Split. In Ćirići in Western Bosnia every fourth inhabitant had the family name Jurela.
Prevalence
About 90 people with faimily name Jurela live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent. They are only located in in 6 Croatian cities and 7 other places, mostly in Bajagic (35), Zagreb (20), Sinj (10), Glavice (<10), and in Split (<10).
Outside Croatia
At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (1), the United States (1), and to Argentina (1). Family name Jurela is present in 7 countries on three continents.
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.
