Surname Kureci in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Kureci families are Croats (from Donja Stubica ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Donja Stubica. In Gornja Podgora in Donja Stubica every fourtieth inhabitant had the family name Kureci.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Kureci live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in only two naselja i to in Donja Stubica (<5) and Gornja Podgora (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Kureci (including: Curechi , Kurezi and Kurechi ) is present in 6 countries on three continents. "Kurechi " is used by some 70 people in Japan and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Kureci, Katica Kureci, Snježana Kureci, Stjepan Kureci, Viktorija Kureci, Katarina Kureci, Barica Kureci

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1769 in source 18th Century Census.

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