Surname Kurt in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kurt families are Croats (from Ploce ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Varazdin. In Čajniče in Podrinje (Bosnia) every ninth inhabitant had the family name Kurt.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Kurt live in Croatia today, in 7 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and another small place , mostly in Zagreb (<10), Varazdin (<5), Metkovic (<5), Velika Mlaka (<5), and in Komin (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kurt (including: Kurth , Kuhrt , Kurthi , Kuerth , Kuert , Kurthy , Kurdt , Kurtha and Kurtt ) is present in 118 countries worldwide. The family name "Kurt " is used by some 400000 people in Turkey , about 20000 in Germany , and some 5000 people in the United States. "Kurth " is used by some 10000 people in Germany , about 9000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Brazil. "Kurdt " is used by some 80 people in the United States , small number in Indonesia , and small number of people in Argentina.

Characteristic first names

Dunja Kurt, Husnija Kurt, Antun Kurt, Herta Kurt, Almir Kurt, Jasminka Kurt, Vedrana Kurt, Jenko Kurt, Nedjeljka Kurt, Danica Kurt, Sabahudin Kurt, Ante Kurt, Stana Kurt, Peter Kurt, Vadim Kurt, Milka Kurt, Fuad Kurt, Erich Kurt, Helmin Kurt

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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