Surname Šur in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šur families are Croats (from the Island of Brac ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Sibenik.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Šur live in Croatia today, in four households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in four Croatian cities only: in Velika Gorica (<10), Supetar on the Island of Brac (<5), Split (<5), and in Zadar (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šur (including: Sur , Schur , Shur , Suhr , Schuer , Suer , Suur , Surh , Shuer and Sthur ) is present in 121 countries worldwide. "Shur " is used by some 2000 people in Russian Federation , about 2000 in the United States , and some 700 people in Ukraine. "Schur " is used by some 6000 people in Ukraine , about 3000 in Russian Federation , and some 2000 people in the United States. "Schuer " is used by some 500 people in Germany , about 200 in the United States , and some 100 people in Belgium.

Characteristic first names

Mislav Šur, Tomislav Šur, Julije Šur, Branko Šur, Ivka Šur, Amalija Šur, Bogumil Šur, Miroslav Šur, Ljuba Šur, Zdenka Šur, Dragutin Šur, Ljubica Šur, Slavica Šur, Radojka Šur, Ana Šur, Renata Šur

Mentions in sources

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

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