Surname Tolo in modern Croatia

Tolo families are Croats and they are mostly from middle Bosnia. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Middle Bosnia (Kresevo area) and in East Herzegovina (Gacko area). In places Mratinići and Polje Šćitovo in Middle Bosnia every fourth inhabitant had the family name Tolo.

Prevalence

About 110 people with faimily name Tolo live in Croatia today, in 50 households. There were 10 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number multiplied.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 16 cities and 16 other places, mostly in Split (15), Rijeka (10), Imotski (10), Stobrec (<10), and in Suhopolje in Virovitica area (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Tolo (including: Tollo , Tholo , Toloo , Tollio , Toloh , Thokolo , Toolo , Tolloh and Thabolo ) is present in 71 countries worldwide. "Toolo " is used by some 100 people in South Africa and small number in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mirko Tolo, Antonio Tolo, Nediljko Tolo, Anka Tolo, Ružica Tolo, Ivica Tolo, Pavle Tolo, Marinko Tolo, Sanja Tolo, Cecilija Tolo, Mijo Tolo, Anto Tolo, Ante Tolo, Žaklina Tolo, Tamara Tolo, Milivoj Tolo, Andja Tolo, Jonatan Tolo, Zorana Tolo

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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