Surname Kurta in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Kurta live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and four other places, mostly in Zadar (30), Privlaka in Zadar area (25), Split (<10), Zagreb (<10), and in Novoseljani (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Kurta (including: Curta , Churta , Kurtha , Chekurta , Querta and Chikurta ) is present in 41 countries worldwide. The family name "Kurta " is used by some 1000 people in Ukraine , about 400 in the United States , and some 400 people in Russian Federation. "Querta " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Veseljko Kurta, Željko Kurta, Ivana Kurta, Katarina Kurta, Gabrijela Kurta, Klaudio Kurta, Tomislav Kurta, Helijo Kurta, Mirela Kurta, Mladenka Kurta, Danijela Kurta, Damir Kurta, Marija Kurta, Marin Kurta, Anka Kurta, Davor Kurta, Nediljka Kurta, Jelica Kurta, Mirjana Kurta

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