Surname Tolnai in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Tolnai families are Hungarians (from Osijek area ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Osijek area and in Osijek.

Prevalence

Only a few people with faimily name Tolnai live in Croatia today, in three households only. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
They are located in only one small Croatian place, in Lug in Osijek area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Tolnai (including: Tolnay , Tholnai ) is present in 29 countries worldwide. The family name "Tolnai " is used by some 2000 people in Hungary , about 200 in Germany , and some 200 people in the United States. "Tolnay " is used by some 400 people in Hungary , about 200 in the United States , and some 90 people in Romania.

Characteristic first names

Eleonora Tolnai, Janja Tolnai, Otto Tolnai, Đula Tolnai, Janoš Tolnai, Terezija Tolnai, Irena Tolnai, Šandor Tolnai, Marija Tolnai, Roža Tolnai, Kristof Tolnai, Martin Tolnai, Gizela Tolnai, Irenka Tolnai

Mentions in sources

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

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