Kuran families are Croats and they are mostly from Vrgorac area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrgorac area and in Metkovic. In Brečići in Vrgorac area nearly every inhabitant had the family name Kuran.
Prevalence
About 270 people with faimily name Kuran live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 60 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and 10 other places, mostly in Metkovic (140), Kobiljaca in Vrgorac area (85), Tucepi in Makarska area (15), Ploce (15), and in Zagreb (10).
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.