Surname Šurkić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Šurkić families are Croats (from Middle Bosnia ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Vares area) and in Middle Bosnia (Sarajevo area).

Prevalence

About 20 people with faimily name Šurkić live in Croatia today, in 8 households. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, four cities and two other places, mostly in Rijeka (<10), Zagreb (<5), Solin (<5), Mlini in Dubrovnik area (<5), and in Kosijersko Selo in Duga Resa area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Šurkić is present in two countries on two continents. The family name "Surkic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Anita Šurkić, Katarina Šurkić, Vlatka Šurkić, Boris Šurkić, Margita Šurkić, Zlata Šurkić, Ernest Šurkić, Josip Šurkić, Dalibor Šurkić, Romeo Šurkić, Davor Šurkić, Veronika Šurkić, Andrej Šurkić, Matej Šurkić, Filip Šurkić, Ivo Šurkić, Mato Šurkić, Stjepan Šurkić, Fabijan Šurkić

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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