Kurtov families are Croats and they are mostly from Biograd na Moru area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zadar and in Biograd na moru area.
Prevalence
About 110 people with faimily name Kurtov live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and another small place , mostly in Pakostane in Biograd na moru area (90), Split (15), Zagreb (<10), Rijeka (<5), and in Osijek (<5).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.