Surname Jursik in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Jursik families are mainly Croats (from Daruvar area ), less frequently Czechs (also from Daruvar area ), and very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Daruvar area and in Pakrac.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Jursik live in Croatia today, in 14 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located and two other Croatian places, mostly in Donji Sredjani in Daruvar area (<10), Zagreb (<5), Osijek (<5), Daruvar (<5), and in Pakrac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jursik (including: Jurczyk , Jursich , Yursik , Jursík , Jurczik , Jursick , Jursic , Jurczyc and Juerschik ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Jursik " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Czech Republic , and small number of people in Austria. "Yursik " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Jursick " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miroslav Jursik, Darko Jursik, Nevenko Jursik, Zdenka Jursik, Boženka Jursik, Marijan Jursik, Djurdjica Jursik, Ivana Jursik, Ladislav Jursik, Josip Jursik, Ivan Jursik, Jasna Jursik, Marija Jursik, Perka Jursik, Franjo Jursik, Zlatko Jursik, Senka Jursik, Davorka Jursik, Tomislav Jursik

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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