Surname Til in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Til families are Croats (from Samobor area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Cakovec.

Prevalence

About 10 people with faimily name Til live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased significantly.
They are located in threee Croatian counties, two cities and another small place , mostly in Zagreb (<10), Split (<5), and in Gornji Stupnik in Samobor area (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Til (including: Thiel , Till , Tilly , Thill , Tilli , Thil , Tiel , Tiell and Tiil ) is present in 152 countries worldwide. "Thiel " is used by some 40000 people in Germany , about 20000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Brazil. "Till " is used by some 7000 people in the United States , about 7000 in Germany , and some 1000 people in Great Britain. "Tilly " is used by some 2000 people in France , about 1000 in the United States , and some 1000 people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Til, Zoran Til, Nikola Til, Zlatko Til, Biljana Til, Darko Til, Marko Til, Elvira Til, Ivan Til, Drago Til, Antun Til, Ivka Til, Kata Til, Vladimir Til, Ljubica Til, Ana Til, Mara Til, Marija Til, Mato Til

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.

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