Surname Ćurčić in modern Croatia

Ćurčić families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from western Bosnia , whereas often Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Western Bosnia (Tomislavgrad area) and in Zagreb. In Gornji Brišnik in Western Bosnia every eighth inhabitant had the family name Ćurčić.

Prevalence

About 450 people with faimily name Ćurčić live in Croatia today, in 230 households. There were 330 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 40 cities and 50 other places, mostly in Zagreb (90), Split (50), Sesvete (20), Dalj in Vinkovci area (20), and in Poljanci in Slavonski Brod area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (3), Austria (1), the Netherlands (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Ćurčić (including: Curcic , Churchich , Churcich and Ciurcas ) is present in 32 countries worldwide. The family name "Curcic " is used by some 200 people in Germany , about 100 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Churchich " is used by some 90 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Maja Ćurčić, Liza Ćurčić, Petar Ćurčić, Katarina Ćurčić, Roman Ćurčić, Goran Ćurčić, Jovo Ćurčić, Branko Ćurčić, Ivan Ćurčić, Zoran Ćurčić, Dragan Ćurčić, Štefica Ćurčić, Mario Ćurčić, Danijela Ćurčić, Nina Ćurčić, Ana Ćurčić, Ljiljan Ćurčić, Tihomir Ćurčić, Sanela Ćurčić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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