Surname Jurešić in modern Croatia

Jurešić families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. According to some sources they are from the Island of Krk (Dobrinj). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Zenica area) and in Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 490 people with faimily name Jurešić live in Croatia today, in 200 households. There were 210 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 37 cities and 54 other places, mostly in Krk (45) and Vrh (45) on the Island of Krk, Rijeka (45), Kampor on the Island of Rab (45), and in Zagreb (40).

Outside Croatia

At least 25 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (8), Canada (4), Germany (4), Sweden (3), Australia (3), Austria (2), and to Belgium (1).
Family name Jurešić (including: Juresic , Juresich , Juressich , Yuresic and Iuressich ) is present in 15 countries on three continents. The family name "Juresic " is used by some 90 people in the United States , about 70 in Australia , and small number of people in Canada. "Juresich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Yuresic " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Valerij Jurešić, Deniel Jurešić, Erna Jurešić, Milorad Jurešić, Mladen Jurešić, Zvonimir Jurešić, Boris Jurešić, Elizabeta Jurešić, Nikola Jurešić, Erika Jurešić, Vinko Jurešić, Kate Jurešić, Ivica Jurešić, Tomislav Jurešić, Josip Jurešić, Denis Jurešić, Sanjin Jurešić, Gordana Jurešić, Robi Jurešić

Mentions in sources

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

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