Surname Čurman in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čurman families are mainly Croats (from Djakovo area ), less frequently Hungarians (from Osijek area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and in Djakovo area.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Čurman live in Croatia today, in 18 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are only located in in one Croatian city and 9 other places, mostly in Osijek (<10), Lug in Osijek area (<5), Podravlje (<5), Laslovo in Osijek area (<5), and in Vladislavci in Djakovo area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čurman (including: Curman , Churman and Chhurman ) is present in 18 countries worldwide. The family name "Curman " is used by some 200 people in Sweden , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Churman " is used by some 70 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Miodrag Čurman, Grozdana Čurman, Mladen Čurman, Stjepan Čurman, Magdalena Čurman, Terezija Čurman, Lajoš Čurman, Ivica Čurman, Jadranka Čurman, Edita Čurman, Gabrijela Čurman, Siniša Čurman, Snježana Čurman, Čila Čurman, Marija Čurman, Anica Čurman, Grga Čurman, Šimun Čurman, Biljana Čurman

Mentions in sources

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

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