Surname Tišma in modern Croatia

Tišma families are mainly Serbs and they are mostly from Knin area , whereas often Croats (from Djakovo area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Knin area and in Obrovac area. In Ivoševci in Knin area every sixth inhabitant had the family name Tišma.

Prevalence

About 320 people with faimily name Tišma live in Croatia today, in 160 households. There were 630 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number halved.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 23 cities and 33 other places, mostly in Ivosevci in Knin area (50), Zagreb (50), Donji Lapac in Obrovac area (25), Zadar (20), and in Visuc in Obrovac area (20).

Outside Croatia

At least eight families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (3), the Netherlands (2), Australia (1), Germany (1), and to the United Kingdom (1).
Family name Tišma (including: Tisma , Tishma , Tiesma and Tysma ) is present in 12 countries on three continents. The family name "Tisma " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Tishma " is used by some 60 people in the United States. "Tiesma " is used by some 90 people in the Netherlands , small number in Thailand , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Svetlana Tišma, Neven Tišma, Marina Tišma, Tatjana Tišma, Nenad Tišma, Željko Tišma, Milivoj Tišma, Robertina Tišma, Sanja Tišma, Jelena Tišma, Srđan Tišma, Vaso Tišma, Milan Tišma, Stanko Tišma, Biljana Tišma, Ljiljana Tišma, Miloš Tišma, Danica Tišma, Nevenka Tišma

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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