Surname Tomac in modern Croatia

Tomac families are Croats and they are mostly from Delnice. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Rijeka and Delnice. In places Razloge and Zalesina in Delnice every second inhabitant had the family name Tomac.

Prevalence

About 1200 people with faimily name Tomac live in Croatia today, in 520 households. There were 1400 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 10 percent.
They are located in almost all Croatian counties, in 57 cities and 131 other places, mostly in Zagreb (145), Delnice (110), Rijeka (100), Donji Kosinj in Gospic area (50), and in Donja Moticina in Nasice area (50).

Outside Croatia

At least 39 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (9), Germany (7), Australia (7), Austria (3), Belgium (2), Norway (2), Sweden (2), Argentina (2), Canada (2), France (2), and to Switzerland (1).
Family name Tomac (including: Tomaz , Thomaz , Tomazzi , Tomatz , Tomacci , Tomazzo , Tomach , Tomazhi and Thomac ) is present in 63 countries worldwide. The family name "Tomac " is used by some 800 people in Turkey , about 500 in the United States , and some 200 people in Moldova. "Tomatz " is used by some 50 people in the United States. "Thomaz " is used by some 40000 people in Brazil , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Portugal.

Characteristic first names

Zdravko Tomac, Mirko Tomac, Goran Tomac, Ingrid Tomac, Aran Tomac, Zvonimir Tomac, Gordana Tomac, Damir Tomac, Spomenko Tomac, Ivan Tomac, Gordan Tomac, Dražen Tomac, Berislav Tomac, Jelena Tomac, Ksenija Tomac, Dorana Tomac, Velimir Tomac, Miljenko Tomac, Veronika Tomac

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over thirty times, the first time 1736 in source Catholic Church Parish Records.

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