Surname Tokić in modern Croatia

Tokić families are almost entirely Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia , rarely Bosniaks (from Bosnian Posavina ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Jajce area) and in Split. In Vrpolje in Herzegovina every fifth inhabitant had the family name Tokić.

Prevalence

About 2600 people with faimily name Tokić live in Croatia today, in 970 households. There were 790 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number more than tripled.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 71 cities and 208 other places, mostly in Zagreb (405), Split (270), Zadar (140), Solin (130), and in Sesvete (95).

Outside Croatia

At least 40 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (12), Germany (11), Austria (7), Sweden (3), France (3), Australia (3), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Tokić (including: Tokic , Tocas , Tokich , Toccas , Tocash , Tokhich , Tokics , Tokhych and Tokicz ) is present in 30 countries worldwide. The family name "Tokic " is used by some 700 people in Germany , about 300 in Austria , and some 200 people in the United States. "Tokich " is used by some 100 people in the United States and small number in Australia. "Tokicz " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Branka Tokić, Ksenija Tokić, Stanko Tokić, Željka Tokić, Višnja Tokić, Željko Tokić, Branko Tokić, Igor Tokić, Ante Tokić, Marko Tokić, Šime Tokić, Mijo Tokić, Ivo Tokić, Božena Tokić, Ivan Tokić, Andrea Tokić, Anđelka Tokić, Zoran Tokić, Marijan Tokić

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1842 in source Catholic Church Parish Records 1842.

Do you know more?

If you want to preserve a family story or memory of a person with this surname:

Preserve memories