Surname Kaurin in modern Croatia

Kaurin families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Cazinska Krajina Region (Bosnia), rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Banja Luka Region, Bosnia (Banja Luka area) and in Cazins Region, Bosnia (Sanski Most area). In Kruhari in Cazins Region (Bosnia) every eighth inhabitant had the family name Kaurin.

Prevalence

About 550 people with faimily name Kaurin live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 45 cities and 65 other places, mostly in Zagreb (80), Otok in Vinkovci area (45), Rajic (35), Novska (30), and in Rijeka (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kaurin (including: Caurin , Chaurin ) is present in 27 countries worldwide. The family name "Kaurin " is used by some 100 people in the United States , about 90 in Norway , and some 70 people in Russian Federation.

Characteristic first names

Marko Kaurin, Zoran Kaurin, Dragica Kaurin, Gordana Kaurin, Ante Kaurin, Ankica Kaurin, Željko Kaurin, Ilija Kaurin, Davor Kaurin, Martin Kaurin, Stanislav Kaurin, Željka Kaurin, Miroslava Kaurin, Marijo Kaurin, Slaviša Kaurin, Ljubica Kaurin, Josip Kaurin, Dubravko Kaurin, Ivan Kaurin

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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