Surname Đurec in modern Croatia

Đurec families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdinske Toplice area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdinske Toplice area and in Koprivnica. In Kamešnica in Varazdinske Toplice area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Đurec.

Prevalence

About 80 people with faimily name Đurec live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 80 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in two Croatian counties, threee cities and 9 other places, mostly in Koprivnica (10), Kamesnica in Varazdinske Toplice area (10), Krizevci (10), Kalnik in Varazdinske Toplice area (<10), and in Dedina in Krizevci area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Đurec (including: Durec , Durez , Durech , Duretz , Gjurec , Djurec , Gyurech , Gyurecz , Gyurec and Gjurecz ) is present in 26 countries worldwide. "Durec " is used by some 600 people in Slovakia , about 100 in Czech Republic , and some 100 people in the United States. "Duretz " is used by some 300 people in France , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Poland. "Gyurec " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Krunoslav Đurec, Stjepan Đurec, Miljenko Đurec, Marijan Đurec, Đurđica Đurec, Danijel Đurec, Marina Đurec, Sanela Đurec, Valent Đurec, Božica Đurec, Darko Đurec, Snježana Đurec, Klaudijo Đurec, Ivan Đurec, Slavko Đurec, Zlatko Đurec, Dragutin Đurec, Višnja Đurec, Ljubomir Đurec

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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