Surname Urem in modern Croatia

Urem families are Croats and they are mostly from Pirovca near Vodica. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sibenik and in Vodice area. In Pirovac in Vodice area every twentieth inhabitant had the family name Urem.

Prevalence

About 160 people with faimily name Urem live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 120 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 30 percent.
They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 17 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Pirovac in Vodice area (50), Sibenik (25), Rijeka (15), Zagreb (<10), and in Split (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least five families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), the Netherlands (1), and to Canada (1).
Family name Urem (including: Hurem , Hurrem ) is present in 22 countries worldwide. The family name "Urem " is used by small number of people in the United States. "Hurem " is used by small number of people in Germany , small number in Ukraine , and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Urem, Andrej Urem, Emil Urem, Marijana Urem, Aldo Urem, Ivana Urem, Margarita Urem, Martina Urem, Brigita Urem, Branko Urem, Josipa Urem, Milka Urem, Tamara Urem, Ante Urem, Sandra Urem, Nada Urem, Jenis Urem, Marinko Urem, Ivan Urem

Mentions in sources

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.

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