Surname Jurčić in modern Croatia

Jurčić families are Croats and they are mostly from Slunj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb. In Tatar Varoš in Slunj area every third inhabitant had the family name Jurčić.

Prevalence

About 1500 people with faimily name Jurčić live in Croatia today, in 600 households. There were 1300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 64 cities and 107 other places, mostly in Zagreb (330), Rijeka (105), Karlovac (85), Draganic in Karlovac area (80), and in Kastav (55).

Outside Croatia

At least 36 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (15), Australia (7), the United States (4), France (3), Austria (2), Canada (2), Switzerland (1), Belgium (1), and to Japan (1).
Family name Jurčić (including: Jurcic , Jurcich , Yurcic , Yurcich , Yurchick , Iurcic , Yurchich , Jurtschitsch and Iurcich ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. "Jurcich " is used by some 80 people in Argentina , about 60 in the United States , and small number of people in Spain. "Yurcic " is used by some 60 people in Argentina and small number in the United States. "Yurcich " is used by some 80 people in the United States and small number in Canada.

Characteristic first names

Ljubo Jurčić, Dean Jurčić, Dragan Jurčić, Marko Jurčić, Franjo Jurčić, Mario Jurčić, Stanislav Jurčić, Slavko Jurčić, Antonij Jurčić, Zvonko Jurčić, Boris Jurčić, Nikola Jurčić, Andrea Jurčić, Katica Jurčić, Renata Jurčić, Neven Jurčić, Vid Jurčić, Stribor Jurčić, Domagoj Jurčić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over seventy times, the first time 1678 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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