Surname Jurkin in modern Croatia

Jurkin families are Croats and they are mostly from Nin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Novi Marof.

Prevalence

About 200 people with faimily name Jurkin live in Croatia today, in 90 households. There were 200 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 19 other places, mostly in Zagreb (45), Ninski Stanovi (25), Orehovec (20), Gat (10), and in Slatina (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least seven families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Australia (3), the United States (2), Germany (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Jurkin (including: Yurkin , Yurchin , Jurcin , Iurkin , Lyurkin , Jurczyn and Yurckin ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. The family name "Jurkin " is used by some 90 people in Germany , about 60 in Estonia , and small number of people in the United States. "Jurcin " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Jurczyn " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ema Jurkin, Željko Jurkin, Ivan Jurkin, Sandra Jurkin, Juraj Jurkin, Marina Jurkin, Berislav Jurkin, Goranka Jurkin, Mario Jurkin, Lana Jurkin, Tomislav Jurkin, Irena Jurkin, Josip Jurkin, Saša Jurkin, Dario Jurkin, Mladen Jurkin, Jurica Jurkin, Ivica Jurkin, Mirjana Jurkin

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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