Surname Đurkin in modern Croatia

Đurkin families are Croats and they are mostly from Prelog area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Prelog area and in Cakovec.

Prevalence

About 180 people with faimily name Đurkin live in Croatia today, in 70 households. There were 170 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 10 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 28 other places, mostly in Dekanovec in Prelog area (50), Donja Pacetina in Zabok area (20), Zagreb (15), Belica in Cakovec area (15), and in Domasinec in Prelog area (10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Đurkin (including: Durkin , Djurkin , Gjurkin , Durchin and Dyurkin ) is present in 48 countries worldwide. "Durkin " is used by some 10000 people in the United States , about 2000 in Great Britain , and some 1000 people in Russian Federation. "Durchin " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Đurkin, Edita Đurkin, Ruža Đurkin, Zdravko Đurkin, Stjepan Đurkin, Marijan Đurkin, Maja Đurkin, Ivan Đurkin, Ivona Đurkin, Đurđa Đurkin, Dajana Đurkin, Mirjana Đurkin, Tomica Đurkin, Zvonimir Đurkin, Josipa Đurkin, Branislav Đurkin, Ljubomir Đurkin, Francisko Đurkin, Zvjezdana Đurkin

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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