Surname Jurko in modern Croatia

Jurko families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and in Sinj area. In Vojnić Sinjski in Sinj area every tenth inhabitant had the family name Jurko.

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Jurko live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than doubled.
They are only located in in 12 Croatian cities and 11 other places, mostly in Split (100), Vojnic Sinjski in Sinj area (65), Zagreb (10), Kastel Luksic (<10), and in Zadar (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States (3) and Argentina (1).
Family name Jurko (including: Yurko , Jurco , Iurko , Yurco , Yurcho , Lyurko , Yurcso , Jurcso and Yurcko ) is present in 42 countries worldwide. "Yurko " is used by some 2000 people in Ukraine , about 1000 in the United States , and some 900 people in Russian Federation. "Jurco " is used by some 2000 people in Slovakia , about 300 in Czech Republic , and some 200 people in the United States. "Yurco " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Korea (South).

Characteristic first names

Nela Jurko, Svetlana Jurko, Branko Jurko, Matko Jurko, Damir Jurko, Ivan Jurko, Gordana Jurko, Marica Jurko, Jurica Jurko, Silvije Jurko, Jure Jurko, Ante Jurko, Snježana Jurko, Ivica Jurko, Karmela Jurko, Đurđica Jurko, Vasiljka Jurko, Nediljka Jurko, Ivana Jurko

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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