Find out how popular the last name Djuric is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Djuric.

Djuric, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Djuric surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Djuric in America

Djuric is the 44730th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Djuric surname appeared 480 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Djuric.

We can also compare 2010 data for Djuric to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Djuric

The surname DJURIC is of Serbian origin, deriving from the Serbian word "djura" meaning a blacksmith or metalworker. It is believed to have originated in the 14th century during the Serbian Empire, which ruled over much of the Balkans at that time.

The earliest recorded instance of the surname DJURIC can be traced back to a village in central Serbia called Djorin, which was mentioned in a charter from the medieval Serbian monastery of Mileševa in 1389. This charter listed several families with the surname DJURIC as residents of the village.

By the 15th century, the DJURIC surname had spread throughout Serbia and into neighboring regions such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Croatia. It is likely that members of the DJURIC family worked as blacksmiths or metalworkers, as their name suggests, and may have traveled to different areas to ply their trade.

One notable historical figure with the surname DJURIC was Jovan DJURIC, a Serbian Orthodox priest and writer who lived in the 18th century. He is best known for his work "Istorija Crne Gore" (History of Montenegro), which was one of the earliest written accounts of the history of Montenegro.

Another prominent individual was Mihailo DJURIC, a Serbian military leader and politician who fought in the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire in the early 19th century. He played a crucial role in the liberation of several Serbian towns and was later appointed as the governor of the Negotin region.

In the 20th century, Mihajlo DJURIC was a Serbian playwright and novelist who wrote several notable works, including the play "Banović Strahinja" and the novel "Zapisi o crnom Vladimiru" (Notes on Black Vladimir). He was born in 1892 and passed away in 1967.

Zoran DJURIC was a Serbian chess grandmaster who was active in the latter half of the 20th century. He won the Yugoslav Chess Championship in 1973 and represented Yugoslavia in numerous international chess tournaments.

Miodrag DJURIC is a contemporary Serbian writer and academic who has published several novels, short story collections, and literary critiques. He was born in 1932 and is still active in the literary world today.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Djuric

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Djuric.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Djuric was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Djuric has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Djuric was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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