Surname Kurjan in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kurjan families are Croats (from Oroslavje area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Prelog area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Kurjan live in Croatia today, in 12 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in only five naselja i to in Zagreb (25), Kotoriba in Prelog area (<10), and in Gornja Bistra (<10), Donja Bistra (<5) and Bukovje Bistransko (<5) in Oroslavje area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Kurjan (including: Kurian , Kuryan , Kurlyan and Khuryan ) is present in 77 countries worldwide. The family name "Kurjan " is used by some 80 people in the United States , about 60 in Belarus , and some 50 people in Poland. "Kurian " is used by some 7000 people in Saudi Arabia , about 4000 in the United States , and some 4000 people in United Arab Emirates.

Characteristic first names

Ivan Kurjan, Ana Kurjan, Zvonko Kurjan, Krešimir Kurjan, Nikola Kurjan, Đurđa Kurjan, Anica Kurjan, Damir Kurjan, Marija Kurjan, Lucija Kurjan, Daniel Kurjan, Višnjica Kurjan, Roza Kurjan, Barbara Kurjan, Zlatko Kurjan, Tomislav Kurjan, Martina Kurjan, Dragana Kurjan, Branimir Kurjan

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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