In Croatia, Šurija families are Croats (from Split ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Osijek.
Prevalence
About 50 people with faimily name Šurija live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 30 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 6 cities and four other places, mostly in Split (25), Zagreb (<10), Vodice (<10), Porec (<5), and in Hrvatski Leskovac (<5).