Surname Jureško in modern Croatia

Jureško families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Pasman. According to some sources they are from Mrljane on the Island of Pasman. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and on the Island of Pasman. In Mrljane on the Island of Pasman every third inhabitant had the family name Jureško.

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Jureško live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 110 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are only located in in 7 Croatian cities and 8 other places, mostly in Mrljane on the Island of Pasman (100), Zadar (55), Rijeka (15), Zagreb (10), and in Mladenici in Rijeka area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jureško (including: Juresko , Yuresko , Yurescko and Yureshko ) is present in 7 countries on three continents. The family name "Juresko " is used by some 70 people in the United States. "Yuresko " is used by some 100 people in Ukraine , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Yurescko " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Goranka Jureško, Tonči Jureško, Dalibor Jureško, Karmen Jureško, Anđelko Jureško, Ante Jureško, Jadranka Jureško, Nikolina Jureško, Vlado Jureško, Borislava Jureško, Glorija Jureško, Jadran Jureško, Ratko Jureško, Anamarija Jureško, Adriana Jureško, Boris Jureško, Ivo Jureško, Oliverka Jureško, Milena Jureško

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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