Surname Jurić in modern Croatia

Jurić families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. According to some sources they are from Dalmatia (near Sibenik and Knin), or from Herzegovina (Grude). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area). In Repovica in North Herzegovina nearly every inhabitant had the family name Jurić.

Prevalence

About 10500 people with faimily name Jurić live in Croatia today, in 4200 households. There were 4200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 115 cities and 719 other places, mostly in Zagreb (1755), Split (820), Vinkovci (285), Osijek (255), and in Rijeka (220).

Outside Croatia

At least 140 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (50), Switzerland (26), Australia (22), Austria (18), the United States (7), France (5), Belgium (3), Canada (3), Japan (2), Argentina (2), the Netherlands (1), and to Spain (1).
Family name Jurić (including: Juric , Jurich , Yurich , Yurick , Juritsch , Jurick , Iurich , Yuric , Jurici and Iuric ) is present in 62 countries worldwide. The family name "Juric " is used by some 3000 people in Germany , about 1000 in Austria , and some 900 people in the United States. "Jurich " is used by some 800 people in the United States , about 90 in Argentina , and some 80 people in Brazil. "Juritsch " is used by some 200 people in Austria , small number in Poland , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Đurđica Jurić, Damir Jurić, Ljubomir Jurić, Smiljan Jurić, Jozo Jurić, Ante Jurić, Ivan Jurić, Filip Jurić, Izvorka Jurić, Vjeko Jurić, Stjepan Jurić, Vladimir Jurić, Mira Jurić, Aleksandar Jurić, Boris Jurić, Albin Jurić, Zlatko Jurić, Vedran Jurić, Hrvoje Jurić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned about one hundred times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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