Surname Jurman in modern Croatia

Jurman families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Pazin area , rarely Italians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pula and Rijeka. In Nova Vas in Labin area every fourth inhabitant had the family name Jurman.

Prevalence

About 420 people with faimily name Jurman live in Croatia today, in 180 households. There were 530 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 24 cities and 50 other places, mostly in Sveti Petar u Sumi in Pazin area (70), Zagreb (35), Rijeka (35), Pazin (20), and in Rovinj (15).

Outside Croatia

At least 34 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (14), France (6), Australia (5), Argentina (3), Sweden (3), Canada (2), and to Germany (1).
Family name Jurman (including: Yurman , Jurmann , Iurman , Yuherman , Yurmann and Juhrmann ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. The family name "Jurman " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 200 in Czech Republic , and some 100 people in Italy. "Yurman " is used by some 500 people in the United States , about 200 in Israel , and some 200 people in Indonesia. "Jurmann " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 100 in Estonia , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Antun Jurman, Larissa Jurman, Dante Jurman, Stjepan Jurman, Mauro Jurman, Marcello Jurman, Davor Jurman, Bojan Jurman, Tomislav Jurman, Sanja Jurman, Albino Jurman, Maria Jurman, Nenad Jurman, Božo Jurman, Iva Jurman, Lučano Jurman, Marijana Jurman, Sandro Jurman, Dean Jurman

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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