Surname Juren in modern Croatia

Juren families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Lepoglava and Zagreb. In Kameničko Podgorje in Lepoglava every seventh inhabitant had the family name Juren.

Prevalence

About 250 people with faimily name Juren live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 25 other places, mostly in Kamenicko Podgorje (50), Zagreb (25), Spisic Bukovica in Virovitica area (20), Varazdin (15), and in Bjelovar (15).

Outside Croatia

Family name Juren (including: Yuren , Juréhn , Juhren and Yueren ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Juren " is used by some 400 people in Brazil , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Czech Republic. "Yueren " is used by few people in the United States. "Juhren " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Anica Juren, Željko Juren, Goran Juren, Marica Juren, Lidija Juren, Milan Juren, Božica Juren, Melita Juren, Dragutin Juren, Stjepan Juren, Darko Juren, Anđelko Juren, Marija Juren, Marijana Juren, Slavko Juren, Jasna Juren, Robert Juren, Tomica Juren, Tihomir Juren

Mentions in sources

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.

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