The Juran surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 520 people carried this name — #41,799 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is down 10% from 580 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Juran surname
Borrowed from Czech Jurán or Slovak Juran, from an old hypocoristic form of the personal name Jura.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Juran» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
68 people named Juran have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 79 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lublin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 57 people named Juran.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Juran,
with a public archive behind them.
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Josef Juran 1885–1963 · writer -
Josef Juran 1895– · military personnel -
Josef Juran 1895– · military personnel
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Nathan Juran 1907–2002 · screenwriter
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Miroslav Juran 1914–1970 · teacher
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Josef Juran 1914–1943
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Juran.
- Junker 2,733 · U.S. census
- Junod 575 · U.S. census
- Junot 309 · U.S. census
- Jupin 436 · U.S. census
- Jupiter 836 · U.S. census
- Jurado 9,309 · U.S. census
- Jurczyk 504 · U.S. census
- Jure 147 · U.S. census
- Jurek 2,370 · U.S. census
- Jurgens 3,235 · U.S. census
- Jurin 181 · U.S. census
- Jurkiewicz 792 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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