Surname Juriša in modern Croatia

Juriša families are Croats and they are mostly from Lepoglava area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Lepoglava area. In Pleš in Lepoglava area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Juriša.

Prevalence

About 430 people with faimily name Juriša live in Croatia today, in 190 households. There were 420 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 29 cities and 55 other places, mostly in Zagreb (100), Koprivnica (50), Zlatar (35), Osijek (30), and in Peteranec in Koprivnica area (15).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (1) and Germany (1).
Family name Juriša (including: Jurisa , Jurischka , Yurisa , Jurisha , Yurissa , Jurischa and Jurissa ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. The family name "Jurisa " is used by small number of people in Slovakia , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Czech Republic. "Jurisha " is used by few people in the United States. "Jurischa " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tanja Juriša, Milan Juriša, Adriana Juriša, Sebastijan Juriša, Mario Juriša, Anica Juriša, Iva Juriša, Martina Juriša, Marcel Juriša, Nataša Juriša, Dario Juriša, Jadranka Juriša, Zlatko Juriša, Kristina Juriša, Vesna Juriša, Kristijan Juriša, Robert Juriša, Božica Juriša, Angela Juriša

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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