Surname Tomšić in modern Croatia

Tomšić families are Croats and they are mostly from Slunj area. According to some sources they are from Derventa area (Bosnia). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Cakovec. In Poljana Čička in Velika Gorica every ninth inhabitant had the family name Tomšić.

Prevalence

About 680 people with faimily name Tomšić live in Croatia today, in 300 households. There were 560 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 43 cities and 75 other places, mostly in Zagreb (120), Djakovo (30), Dubrovnik (30), Stitar (25), and in Varazdin (25).

Outside Croatia

Family name Tomšić (including: Tomsic , Tomsich , Tomsick , Tomsyck and Thomsic ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. The family name "Tomsic " is used by some 2000 people in the United States , about 600 in Germany , and some 400 people in Argentina , some 400 people in Brazil. "Tomsich " is used by some 200 people in the United States , about 100 in Ecuador , and some 100 people in Argentina. "Thomsic " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Tomislav Tomšić, Željko Tomšić, Davor Tomšić, Tonko Tomšić, Antun Tomšić, Dina Tomšić, Berislav Tomšić, Mladen Tomšić, Gordan Tomšić, Milena Tomšić, Mirjana Tomšić, Matija Tomšić, Mario Tomšić, Jozo Tomšić, Mato Tomšić, Ružica Tomšić, Goranka Tomšić, Branko Tomšić, Frano Tomšić

Mentions in sources

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

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