Surname Jurišin in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Jurišin families are generally Croats (from Metkovic ), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Metkovic and Dubrovnik.

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Jurišin live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in four Croatian counties and threee other places, mostly in Vid (25), Metkovic (<10), Split (<10), Negoslavci in Vukovar area (<10), and in Dubrovnik (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jurišin (including: Jurisin , Yurishin ) is present in five countries on two continents. The family name "Jurisin " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Jurišin, Ante Jurišin, Pero Jurišin, Joško Jurišin, Senka Jurišin, Ines Jurišin, Marija Jurišin, Irena Jurišin, Goran Jurišin, Hrvoje Jurišin, Mirjana Jurišin, Dina Jurišin, Stela Jurišin, Danica Jurišin, Andrija Jurišin, Mirko Jurišin, Marinko Jurišin, Draženka Jurišin, Tonka Jurišin

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories