Surname Kurtagić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kurtagić families are predominantly Croats (from Middle Bosnia ), rarely Bosniaks (from Tuzla Region (Bosnia) ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Bosanian Posavina (Derventa area) and in Bosanian Posavina (Gracanica area).

Prevalence

About 50 people with faimily name Kurtagić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 13 cities and four other places, mostly in Zagreb (15), Pozega (<10), Osijek (<10), Ivanovci Gorjanski (<10), and in Karlovac (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kurtagić is present in 16 countries on four continents.

Characteristic first names

Samir Kurtagić, Neđad Kurtagić, Almir Kurtagić, Dejan Kurtagić, Ninoslav Kurtagić, Damir Kurtagić, Ljiljana Kurtagić, Tamara Kurtagić, Midhat Kurtagić, Brankica Kurtagić, Ivana Kurtagić, Fadil Kurtagić, Saša Kurtagić, Adnan Kurtagić, Arijana Kurtagić, Hajrudin Kurtagić, Ahmet Kurtagić, Ljubica Kurtagić, Mirjana Kurtagić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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