Surname Ščurić in modern Croatia

Ščurić families are Croats and they are mostly from Zlatar area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and in Zlatar area.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Ščurić live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 90 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 40 percent.
They are located in 9 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Zagreb (40), in Konjscina (<10) and Klimen (<10) in Zlatar area, Osijek (<5), and in Varazdin (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least four families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Germany (2), Australia (1), and to the United States (1).
Family name Ščurić (including: Scuric , Scheurich , Schaurich , Scurich , Schurich , Schurick and Sciuric ) is present in 19 countries worldwide. The family name "Scuric " is used by some 80 people in the United States , about 70 in the Netherlands , and small number of people in Australia. "Scurich " is used by some 100 people in the United States. "Scheurich " is used by some 1000 people in Germany , about 800 in the United States , and some 100 people in Brazil.

Characteristic first names

Dubravko Ščurić, Željko Ščurić, Tomislav Ščurić, Ivan Ščurić, Miro Ščurić, Danijela Ščurić, Romana Ščurić, Irena Ščurić, Vlasta Ščurić, Đuro Ščurić, Željka Ščurić, Martina Ščurić, Damir Ščurić, Ivona Ščurić, Hrvoje Ščurić, Ljiljana Ščurić, Zlatko Ščurić, Vlado Ščurić, Nenad Ščurić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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