Surname Žuro in modern Croatia

Žuro families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and Split.

Prevalence

About 190 people with faimily name Žuro live in Croatia today, in 80 households. There were 130 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Kosute (60) and Prisoje (45) in Sinj area, Split (45), Zagreb (<10), and in Osijek (<10).

Outside Croatia

At least nine families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (6), Australia (1), Germany (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Žuro (including: Zuro , Zhuro , Zuhro , Zuhroh , Zurro , Zuroh , Zhmuro , Zurroh , Zzuhro and Zhuroh ) is present in 31 countries worldwide. The family name "Zuro " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 200 in Mozambique , and some 100 people in Zimbabwe.

Characteristic first names

Krešimir Žuro, Dunja Žuro, Ivica Žuro, Tomislav Žuro, Željko Žuro, Petar Žuro, Ante Žuro, Karmela Žuro, Boris Žuro, Jakov Žuro, Milan Žuro, Romeo Žuro, Nevenka Žuro, Vedran Žuro, Ivana Žuro, Ivan Žuro, Marija Žuro, Nikola Žuro, Mate Žuro

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1938 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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