Surname Murr in modern Croatia

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

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Murr live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are only located in four Croatian cities and another small place , mostly in Zapresic (<5), Zagreb (<5), Pula (<5), Petrinja (<5), and in Zlatar-Bistrica in Oroslavje area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Murr is present in 55 countries worldwide. The family name "Murr " is used by some 4000 people in the United States , about 3000 in Germany , and some 1000 people in Lebanon.

Characteristic first names

Roman Murr, Gjuro Murr, Dragan Murr, Božena Murr, Petar Murr, Snježana Murr, Julijana Murr, Helena Murr, Magdalena Murr, Leyla Murr, Marija Murr, Matilda Murr, Slava Murr, Stjepan Murr

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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