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Surname Jurkić in modern Croatia
Jurkić families are Croats and they are mostly from Bosnian Posavina. According to some sources they are from Livno (Bosnia/Herzegovina). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Bosanska Gradiska area) and in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area). In Slavkovići in North Herzegovina every fourth inhabitant had the family name Jurkić.
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Prevalence
About 660 people with faimily name Jurkić live in Croatia today, in 270 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 45 cities and 92 other places, mostly in Zagreb (145), Babina Greda in Zupanja area (35), Osijek (20), Kutina (20), and in Sesvete (15).
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Outside Croatia
At least 14 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Austria (6), the United States (3), Germany (3), Switzerland (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Jurkić (including: Jurcic , Jurkic , Jurcich , Yurcic , Yurcich , Yurchick , Yurkich , Jurkich , Yurchich and Yurkic ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Jurkic " is used by small number of people in Austria , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States. "Jurkich " is used by few people in the United States. "Yurkic " is used by few people in the United States.
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Characteristic first names
Anto Jurkić,
Irena Jurkić,
Mirjana Jurkić,
Vjekoslav Jurkić,
Ivo Jurkić,
Nada Jurkić,
Slavko Jurkić,
Ivan Jurkić,
Željko Jurkić,
Davor Jurkić,
Jelena Jurkić,
Daniela Jurkić,
Vesna Jurkić,
Vinko Jurkić,
Eduard Jurkić,
Nikola Jurkić,
Ivica Jurkić,
Mato Jurkić,
Alojz Jurkić
