Žura families are Croats and they are mostly from Skradin. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Skradin and Sibenik.
Prevalence
About 150 people with faimily name Žura live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 100 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent. They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 5 other places, mostly in Skradin (50), Zagreb (40), Klis in Solin area (25), Split (20), and in Zadar (15).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.