Surname Kurjak in modern Croatia

Kurjak families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Petrinja , also Serbs very rarely Bosniaks. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Pakrac. In Branešci in Pakrac every seventh inhabitant had the family name Kurjak.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Kurjak live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 140 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), Split (20), Sisak (15), Pakrac (10), and in Zadar (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kurjak (including: Kurlyak , Kuryachy , Kuryak , Kuryacha , Kuriak , Kuryach , Kurjack , Churyak and Curjak ) is present in 20 countries worldwide. "Kuryak " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Ukraine , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Kurjack " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Asim Kurjak, Alan Kurjak, Goran Kurjak, Mihael Kurjak, Danijela Kurjak, Nedeljko Kurjak, Ljiljana Kurjak, Maja Kurjak, Tomislav Kurjak, Mustafa Kurjak, Snježana Kurjak, Gordana Kurjak, Ilijaz Kurjak, Božo Kurjak, Željko Kurjak, Nada Kurjak, Milka Kurjak, Suzana Kurjak, Slađana Kurjak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1933 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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