Surname Jurjević in modern Croatia

Jurjević families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Obrovac. According to some sources they are from Bosnia, very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and Obrovac. In Kruševo in Obrovac every tenth inhabitant had the family name Jurjević.

Prevalence

About 1800 people with faimily name Jurjević live in Croatia today, in 720 households. There were 1500 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 57 cities and 105 other places, mostly in Zadar (340), Zagreb (245), Split (140), Lumbarda on the Island of Korcula (100), and in Krusevo (80).

Outside Croatia

At least 34 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (18), Germany (7), Canada (3), Switzerland (2), Australia (2), the Netherlands (1), and to Chile (1).
Family name Jurjević (including: Jurjevic , Yuryevich , Jurjevich , Yurjevic , Yurjevich , Jurjewicz , Iurievich , Yuryewicz and Jurjevics ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. The family name "Jurjevic " is used by some 300 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Australia. "Jurjevich " is used by some 90 people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number of people in Australia. "Jurjevics " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dinko Jurjević, Mate Jurjević, Antun Jurjević, Ante Jurjević, Damir Jurjević, Nataša Jurjević, Zvonimir Jurjević, Davor Jurjević, Nebojša Jurjević, Vladimir Jurjević, Božidar Jurjević, Miroslav Jurjević, Kuzman Jurjević, Ivan Jurjević, Miljenko Jurjević, Željko Jurjević, Milan Jurjević, Mario Jurjević, Mićo Jurjević

Mentions in sources

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

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