Surname Jurčan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Jurčan families are Croats (from Vukovar area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Prelog.

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Jurčan live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in four Croatian counties, threee cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Cehovec (<10), Bogdanovci in Vukovar area (<5), Vukovar (<5), and in Donji Kraljevec in Prelog area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Jurčan (including: Jurcan , Iurcan , Yurcan and Jurchan ) is present in 14 countries on three continents. "Jurchan " is used by few people in the United States. "Yurcan " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Željko Jurčan, Danica Jurčan, Ana Jurčan, Marijan Jurčan, Tonči Jurčan, Đuro Jurčan, Marijana Jurčan, Lidija Jurčan, Stanislav Jurčan, Marija Jurčan, Nada Jurčan, Sonja Jurčan, Jasenka Jurčan, Katarina Jurčan, Vlado Jurčan, Adrijan Jurčan, Ivan Jurčan, Terezija Jurčan, Olga Jurčan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1936 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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