Surname Jurković in modern Croatia

Jurković families are Croats and they are mostly from Otocac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Otocac. In Zvirići in Herzegovina every second inhabitant had the family name Jurković.

Prevalence

About 5000 people with faimily name Jurković live in Croatia today, in 2100 households. There were 3700 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 99 cities and 470 other places, mostly in Zagreb (915), Metkovic (300), Rijeka (205), Osijek (140), and in Karlovac (125).

Outside Croatia

At least 78 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (17), the United States (16), Australia (15), Canada (7), Austria (7), Argentina (4), Sweden (4), Switzerland (3), France (3), and to the United Kingdom (2).
Family name Jurković (including: Jurkovic , Jurkovich , Yurkovich , Yurkovic , Jurkowich , Jurkowitsch , Jurkowicz , Iurkovic , Yurkowich and Yurkowicz ) is present in 43 countries worldwide. The family name "Jurkovic " is used by some 2000 people in Slovakia , about 900 in Germany , and some 800 people in the United States. "Jurkovich " is used by some 500 people in the United States , small number in Brazil , and small number of people in New Zealand. "Yurkovich " is used by some 700 people in the United States , about 80 in Ukraine , and some 60 people in Pakistan.

Characteristic first names

Pero Jurković, Mišo Jurković, Dražen Jurković, Željka Jurković, Ivan Jurković, Andrea Jurković, Duška Jurković, Zorica Jurković, Draženka Jurković, Marko Jurković, Janko Jurković, Ivka Jurković, Josip Jurković, Zoran Jurković, Ida Jurković, Ljiljanka Jurković, Toni Jurković, Ivanka Jurković, Saša Jurković

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned about one hundred times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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