Jurenić families are Croats and they are mostly from Solin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Split. In Kobilić in Velika Gorica every eighth inhabitant had the family name Jurenić.
Prevalence
About 140 people with faimily name Jurenić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied. They are located in four Croatian counties, four cities and 8 other places, mostly in Dugopolje in Solin area (60), Kobilic (35), Zagreb (25), Split (15), and in Velika Gorica (15).
Outside Croatia
Family name Jurenić (including: Jurenic , Jurenitsch ) is present in five countries on two continents. The family name "Jurenic " is used by small number of people in the United States.
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.