Surname Šurjak in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šurjak families are almost entirely Croats (from the Island of Hvar ), barely Serbs, and . In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Šurjak live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and four other places, mostly in Split (20), Stari Grad on the Island of Hvar (20), Zagreb (15), Solin (<5), and in Orebic on the Peljesac peninsula (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Šurjak (including: Surjak , Suryak , Shuryak , Suriak , Shkuryak and Shpuryak ) is present in 16 countries worldwide.

Characteristic first names

Želimir Šurjak, Ivo Šurjak, Josip Šurjak, Belita Šurjak, Dalibor Šurjak, Marinko Šurjak, Dinka Šurjak, Maja Šurjak, Marijana Šurjak, Vilma Šurjak, Luka Šurjak, Ivana Šurjak, Mirjam Šurjak, Tomislav Šurjak, Zlatko Šurjak, Damir Šurjak, Ivica Šurjak, Marina Šurjak, Dragana Šurjak

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1942 in source Phone Directory of the Independent State of Croatia 1942.

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