Surname Tkalić in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Tkalić families are Croats (from Benkovac area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Benkovac area and in Zadar.

Prevalence

About 40 people with faimily name Tkalić live in Croatia today, in 19 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties and four other places, mostly in Zadar (20), Lisane Ostrovicke in Benkovac area (<10), Zagreb (<5), Biograd na moru (<5), and in Orehovica in Cakovec area (<5).

Outside Croatia

At least one family with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Tkalić (including: Tkalich , Tkalic , Tkalych and Tcalici ) is present in 23 countries on four continents. "Tkalych " is used by some 200 people in Ukraine , small number in Germany , and small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mladen Tkalić, Andrej Tkalić, Krunoslava Tkalić, Željko Tkalić, Anita Tkalić, Stjepan Tkalić, Ivica Tkalić, Milena Tkalić, Franjo Tkalić, Edo Tkalić, Davorka Tkalić, Snježana Tkalić, Marijana Tkalić, Ante Tkalić, Nedjeljko Tkalić, Dubravka Tkalić, Ivan Tkalić, Stipe Tkalić, Ljubica Tkalić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1691 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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