Surname Kurti in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kurti families are mainly Croats (from Opatija ), less frequently Albanians (from Djurdjevac area ), and very rarely Bosniaks (from Ulcinj, Montenegro ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Kurti live in Croatia today, in 14 households.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and another small place , mostly in Opatija (15), Zagreb (<10), Pula (<10), Cakovec (<10), and in Pitomaca in Djurdjevac area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kurti (including: Curti , Kurthi , Kurtti , Kurty , Curtti , Kurthy , Kürti , Kkurti and Kuerti ) is present in 69 countries worldwide. "Kurtti " is used by some 500 people in Finland , about 300 in the United States , and small number of people in Sweden. "Kuerti " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Kurty " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 200 in Slovakia , and some 60 people in Ukraine.

Characteristic first names

Fitim Kurti, Klara Kurti, Snježana Kurti, Stefan Kurti, Bekim Kurti, Nikola Kurti, Ramiz Kurti, David Kurti, Oliver Kurti, Laszlo Kurti, Ruhan Kurti, Luigi Kurti, Dolores Kurti, Roberta Kurti, Toni Kurti, Josip Kurti, Dronja Kurti, Vilma Kurti, Antonija Kurti

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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