In Croatia, Jurkaš families are Croats (from Ozalj area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Karlovac and in Ozalj area.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Jurkaš live in Croatia today, in 6 households. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in only threee naselja i to in Brihovo (15), Kohanjac (<10) and Jurovo (<10) in Ozalj area.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.