Surname Čurčija in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Čurčija families are predominantly Croats (from Beli Manastir area ), very rarely Serbs, and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Imotski area and in Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Čurčija live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 10 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Karlovac (15), Zagreb (<10), Dubrovnik (<10), Donji Prolozac in Imotski area (<5), and in Zadar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Čurčija (including: Curcija , Churchija ) is present in 12 countries on three continents. The family name "Curcija " is used by small number of people in the United States , small number in Canada , and small number in France. "Churchija " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Marija Čurčija, Željko Čurčija, Dragan Čurčija, Zrinka Čurčija, Slobodan Čurčija, Bruno Čurčija, Darko Čurčija, Dragica Čurčija, Mile Čurčija, Milka Čurčija, Milan Čurčija, Gordana Čurčija, Renato Čurčija, Drago Čurčija, Bojana Čurčija, Josip Čurčija, Alojzije Čurčija, Antonija Čurčija, Ankica Čurčija

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1749 in source 18th Century Census.

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