Surname Čurin in modern Croatia

Čurin families are usually Croats and they are mostly from Mursko Sredisce area , rarely Slovenes (from Slovenia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cakovec and in Mursko Sredisce area. In Zaveščak in Mursko Sredisce area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Čurin.

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Čurin live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 340 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 50 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 29 other places, mostly in Zagreb (30), Pleskovec in Cakovec area (25), Zavescak in Mursko Sredisce area (15), Mursko Sredisce (10), and in Zebanec Selo in Mursko Sredisce area (10).

Outside Croatia

At least six families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Austria (3), Australia (1), the United States (1), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Čurin (including: Curin , Churin , Currin , Curien , Chaurin , Cheurin , Chmurin , Tschurin , Currien and Chyurin ) is present in 52 countries worldwide. "Currin " is used by some 4000 people in the United States , about 2000 in South Africa , and some 200 people in Australia. "Tschursin " is used by small number of people in Germany and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Nedjeljko Čurin, Marina Čurin, Jasna Čurin, Đurđica Čurin, Darko Čurin, Ignac Čurin, Klara Čurin, Ana Čurin, Hrvoje Čurin, Željko Čurin, Krunoslav Čurin, Dejan Čurin, Davor Čurin, Ivan Čurin, Bojan Čurin, Oksana Čurin, Ivana Čurin, Karlo Čurin, Slavko Čurin

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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