Surname Kuraja in modern Croatia

Kuraja families are Croats and they are mostly from Rama (north Herzegovina), Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rama, Bosnia (Prozor area) and in Middle Bosnia (Maglaj area). In places Mluša and Družinovići in Rama (Bosnia) every eighth inhabitant had the family name Kuraja.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Kuraja live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Sesvete (30), Zagreb (20), Pozega (15), Kuzmica (<10), and in Osijek (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kuraja (including: Chauraya , Kuraya , Kurayya , Chouraya , Chuhralya , Kureia , Kuraia , Kurraya and Khuraya ) is present in 23 countries worldwide. The family name "Kuraja " is used by some 100 people in Albania , small number in Turkey , and small number of people in the United States. "Chuhralya " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Kuraja, Marija Kuraja, Mirko Kuraja, Zdenko Kuraja, Josip Kuraja, Marinko Kuraja, Marijo Kuraja, Tomislav Kuraja, Mehmet Kuraja, Ivica Kuraja, Zvonko Kuraja, Petar Kuraja, Davorka Kuraja, Danijel Kuraja, Ilija Kuraja, Anto Kuraja, Pero Kuraja, Anđelko Kuraja, Vladimir Kuraja

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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