Surname Tomaš in modern Croatia

Tomaš families are mainly Croats and they are mostly from Makarska area , rarely Serbs and Hungarians. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Split and Trogir. In Prisika in Middle Bosnia every fourth inhabitant had the family name Tomaš.

Prevalence

About 1200 people with faimily name Tomaš live in Croatia today, in 480 households. There were 880 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 40 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 43 cities and 89 other places, mostly in Split (150), Trogir (140), Jesenice in Omis area (115), Zagreb (100), and in Kastel Luksic (60).

Outside Croatia

At least 16 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: Canada (5), Germany (5), the United States (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1), Argentina (1), Switzerland (1), and to Sweden (1).
Family name Tomaš (including: Tomas , Thomas , Tomash , Tomasz , Tomassi , Tomasch , Tomass , Thomass , Thomasch and Thomash ) is present in 204 countries worldwide. "Tomasch " is used by some 300 people in the United States , about 300 in Germany , and some 200 people in Slovakia. "Thomas " is used by some 3000000 people in the United States , about 400000 in Tanzania , and some 300000 people in France. "Thomasch " is used by some 60 people in the United States and small number in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Suzana Tomaš, Ante Tomaš, Branko Tomaš, Ilijan Tomaš, Tomislav Tomaš, Stjepan Tomaš, Marica Tomaš, Renato Tomaš, Tea Tomaš, Drago Tomaš, Milivoj Tomaš, Anđelka Tomaš, Anita Tomaš, Joze Tomaš, Ivan Tomaš, Katarina Tomaš, Goran Tomaš, Alen Tomaš, Silvana Tomaš

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1729 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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