Surname Šnur in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šnur families are Croats (from Pleternica area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek and Vinkovci.

Prevalence

About 30 people with faimily name Šnur live in Croatia today, in 17 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and four other places, mostly in Osijek (<10), Milanlug in Pleternica area (<10), Zagreb (<10), Vinkovci (<5), and in Vodice (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šnur (including: Schnur , Schnurr , Shnur , Snur , Schnuer , Snurr , Shanur , Shnurr , Shinur and Shenur ) is present in 42 countries worldwide. "Schnur " is used by some 4000 people in Germany , about 4000 in the United States , and some 300 people in France. "Schnuer " is used by some 200 people in Germany , small number in the United States , and small number of people in Brazil. "Snurr " is used by some 90 people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Zlatko Šnur, Dražen Šnur, Ivana Šnur, Krunoslav Šnur, Željko Šnur, Marieta Šnur, Marijan Šnur, Krešimir Šnur, Kristijan Šnur, Oskar Šnur, Marija Šnur, Mira Šnur, Dominik Šnur, Zvonimir Šnur, Jadranka Šnur, Edita Šnur, Davorka Šnur, Oliver Šnur, Olivera Šnur

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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