Surname Jurišić in modern Croatia

Jurišić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from Herzegovina , rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb. In Zagorje in Herzegovina every third inhabitant had the family name Jurišić.

Prevalence

About 4000 people with faimily name Jurišić live in Croatia today, in 1700 households. There were 2500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 97 cities and 364 other places, mostly in Zagreb (780), Split (325), Rijeka (160), Slavonski Brod (115), and in Sibenik (80).

Outside Croatia

At least 67 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (20), Austria (14), Australia (10), Switzerland (8), the United States (5), Argentina (2), Canada (2), Mexico (2), the United Kingdom (2), the Netherlands (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Jurišić (including: Jurisic , Jurisich , Yurisich , Yurisic and Jurissich ) is present in 38 countries worldwide. The family name "Jurisic " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 900 in Austria , and some 600 people in the United States. "Jurisich " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 100 in Argentina , and some 70 people in New Zealand. "Yurisich " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Australia , and small number of people in Uruguay.

Characteristic first names

Mate Jurišić, Blaženka Jurišić, Krunoslav Jurišić, Ivana Jurišić, Mladen Jurišić, Inka Jurišić, Dražen Jurišić, Davor Jurišić, Davorin Jurišić, Ivan Jurišić, Darko Jurišić, Marija Jurišić, Sanja Jurišić, Ksenija Jurišić, Šimun Jurišić, Žaklina Jurišić, Kolja Jurišić, Anita Jurišić, Snježana Jurišić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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