Surname Toić in modern Croatia

Toić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Cres. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and on the Island of Losinj. In Merag on the Island of Cres every second inhabitant had the family name Toić.

Prevalence

About 210 people with faimily name Toić live in Croatia today, in 100 households. There were 230 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in 8 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 21 other places, mostly in Cres on the Island of Cres (55), Rijeka (30), Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj (30), and in Vrh (10) and Nenadici (<10) on the Island of Krk.

Outside Croatia

At least 30 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (24), Canada (3), France (2), and to Argentina (1).
Family name Toić (including: Toic , Toich , Toychu , Toichoa , Thoicha , Toichiev , Toichka , Toichko , Toichi and Toychi ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. The family name "Toic " is used by some 500 people in Brazil , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Canada. "Toich " is used by some 500 people in South Africa , about 100 in the United States , and some 60 people in Italy.

Characteristic first names

Ugo Toić, Mirella Toić, Dražen Toić, Ivan Toić, Josip Toić, Radmila Toić, Ener Toić, Kristian Toić, Klaudio Toić, Loredana Toić, Anton Toić, Ivica Toić, Irena Toić, Dean Toić, Doriana Toić, Milena Toić, Dalibor Toić, Ana Toić, Zoran Toić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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