Surname Kurka in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kurka families are Croats (from Kraljevica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovec area and in Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Kurka live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in four Croatian counties and threee other places, mostly in Zagreb (<5), Sesvete (<5), Karlovac (<5), Soblinec (<5), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kurka (including: Kurchina , Kurcha , Kurcheva , Kurchaba , Curka , Kurkaa , Kurchila , Kuerka and Kurca ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. "Kurkaa " is used by small number of people in Sweden , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Finland. "Curka " is used by small number of people in Turkey , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Slovakia. "Kurchena " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Anton Kurka, Robert Kurka, Rozalija Kurka, Marijan Kurka, Branislav Kurka, Matej Kurka, Maja Kurka, Tomislav Kurka, Štefana Kurka, Zlatko Kurka, Dragica Kurka, Antonija Kurka, Alojz Kurka, Ksenija Kurka, Mario Kurka, Karlo Kurka, Bruna Kurka, Renea Kurka, Ana Kurka

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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