Surname Kuriđa in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kuriđa families are Croats (from Split ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Kuriđa live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are only located in in one Croatian city and another small place , mostly in Split (<10) and Klis in Solin area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kuriđa (including: Kurida , Querida , Kuridja , Kuridah , Khuridah and Khurida ) is present in 38 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Zoran Kuriđa, Nilda Kuriđa, Ivo Kuriđa, Ljubica Kuriđa, Nenad Kuriđa, Suada Kuriđa, Pjero Kuriđa, Joško Kuriđa, Lucija Kuriđa, Ana Kuriđa, Dojčilo Kuriđa, Ilija Kuriđa, Janja Kuriđa, Joka Kuriđa, Jovan Kuriđa, Lazo Kuriđa, Luka Kuriđa, Milija Kuriđa, Mirko Kuriđa

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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