Surname Jurica in modern Croatia

Jurica families are Croats and they are mostly from Obrovac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Obrovac and Zadar. In Dračevo in East Herzegovina every sixth inhabitant had the family name Jurica.

Prevalence

About 330 people with faimily name Jurica live in Croatia today, in 120 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than tripled.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 21 cities and 22 other places, mostly in Zadar (75), Zagreb (30), Rijeka (25), Krusevo (25), and in Metkovic (20).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Jurica (including: Yuriza , Yurica , Yurizza , Juryca , Iurica , Juritza , Yuricha , Yuritza and Iurizza ) is present in 24 countries worldwide. The family name "Jurica " is used by some 600 people in Czech Republic , about 500 in the United States , and some 200 people in Japan. "Yurica " is used by small number of people in Indonesia , small number in Korea (South) , and small number of people in the United States. "Yuricha " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Neven Jurica, Karlo Jurica, Dunja Jurica, Petar Jurica, Vanja Jurica, Alena Jurica, Damir Jurica, Stjepan Jurica, Antonija Jurica, Gordan Jurica, Tomislav Jurica, Živko Jurica, Teodora Jurica, Domagoj Jurica, Zvjezdan Jurica, Josip Jurica, Gabrijela Jurica, Davor Jurica, Luka Jurica

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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