Surname Urh in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Urh families are generally Croats (from Tuzla Region (Bosnia) ), very rarely Serbs, and barely Albanians (from Bjelovar ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Rijeka.

Prevalence

About 70 people with faimily name Urh live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and four other places, mostly in Leticani (20), Cabar (10), Zagreb (<10), Pozega (<10), and in Rijeka (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Urh (including: Urch , Urchs , Urchik , Urchek , Urchuk , Urchei , Urcho , Urth and Urthy ) is present in 39 countries worldwide. The family name "Urh " is used by some 60 people in the United States , small number in Germany , and small number of people in Italy. "Urch " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Great Britain , and some 100 people in Australia. "Urcho " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Barica Urh, Zoran Urh, Željko Urh, Zlatko Urh, Goran Urh, Eugen Urh, Silvija Urh, Marijan Urh, Dragutin Urh, Davor Urh, Slavka Urh, Krešimir Urh, Ivančica Urh, Iva Urh, Ivan Urh, Verica Urh, Radmila Urh, Vasja Urh, Dinko Urh

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1926 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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