Surname Jurčević in modern Croatia

Jurčević families are Croats and they are mostly from western Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Tomislavgrad area) and in Slunj. In Gornja Glina in Slunj every third inhabitant had the family name Jurčević.

Prevalence

About 2100 people with faimily name Jurčević live in Croatia today, in 870 households. There were 1000 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 79 cities and 166 other places, mostly in Zagreb (290), Split (165), Osijek (95), Karlovac (90), and in Cerna in Zupanja area (75).

Outside Croatia

At least 54 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (27), Switzerland (9), the United States (7), Australia (4), Canada (4), Belgium (1), South Africa (1), and to Austria (1).
Family name Jurčević (including: Jurcevic , Jurcevich , Yurcevich , Yurcevic and Jurcewicz ) is present in 18 countries on four continents. The family name "Jurcevic " is used by some 600 people in Germany , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Australia. "Jurcevich " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Yurcevich " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marinko Jurčević, Josip Jurčević, Jozo Jurčević, Snježana Jurčević, Vlatko Jurčević, Davor Jurčević, Ružica Jurčević, Marijan Jurčević, Predrag Jurčević, Kata Jurčević, Ivan Jurčević, Mihaela Jurčević, Zdravko Jurčević, Nikola Jurčević, Dražen Jurčević, Janko Jurčević, Rahela Jurčević, Željko Jurčević, Petar Jurčević

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1750 in source 18th Century Census.

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