Surname Murat in modern Croatia

Murat families are Croats and they are mostly from Senj area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Senj area.

Prevalence

About 300 people with faimily name Murat live in Croatia today, in 130 households. There were 350 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 22 cities and 34 other places, mostly in Zagreb (65), Dugo Selo (60), in Kraj (25) and Osoje (25) in Sinj area, and in Cerna in Zupanja area (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Murat (including: Murathi , Murathe , Muratha , Murath , Muratt , Murrath , Murrat , Muurat and Muradt ) is present in 93 countries worldwide. "Murath " is used by some 200 people in Sweden , about 60 in Chile , and some 50 people in the United States. "Murrat " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Turkey. "Murrath " is used by small number of people in Belgium , small number in Ukraine , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Ivica Murat, Marina Murat, Boris Murat, Dražen Murat, Željka Murat, Vinko Murat, Branka Murat, Marko Murat, Dalibor Murat, Nenad Murat, Damir Murat, Danijela Murat, Mario Murat, Zoran Murat, Petar Murat, Mladen Murat, Štefica Murat, Jasna Murat, Željko Murat

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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