Surname Jurin in modern Croatia

Jurin families are Croats and they are mostly from Sibenik area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Zadar.

Prevalence

About 580 people with faimily name Jurin live in Croatia today, in 250 households. There were 570 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 25 cities and 32 other places, mostly in Zagreb (130), Zadar (100), Primosten in Sibenik area (85), Sibenik (55), and in Split (40).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (2), Colombia (2), the United States (1), and to France (1).
Family name Jurin (including: Yurin , Jurien , Iurin , Jurrien , Juryn , Lyurin and Yuryn ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. The family name "Jurin " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 300 in Argentina , and some 200 people in France. "Juryn " is used by small number of people in Canada and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zvonimir Jurin, Suzana Jurin, Mislav Jurin, Dario Jurin, Ana Jurin, Mario Jurin, Lola Jurin, Blaž Jurin, Tanja Jurin, Gorislav Jurin, Ljubomir Jurin, Katja Jurin, Edvin Jurin, Dušanka Jurin, Mirko Jurin, Kažimir Jurin, Karmen Jurin, Toni Jurin, Goran Jurin

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1825 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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