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Surname Tomaz in modern Croatia
In Croatia, Tomaz families are generally Croats (from Buzet area ), very rarely Italians (from Pazin ), and barely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Cazins Region, Bosnia (Sanski Most area) and in Valpovo area. In places Krkojevci and Sanski Most in Cazins Region (Bosnia) every eightieth inhabitant had the family name Tomaz.
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Prevalence
About 60 people with faimily name Tomaz live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 50 percent.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 11 cities and 9 other places, mostly in Zagreb (<10), Samatovci in Valpovo area (<10), Motovun in Buzet area (<10), Valpovo (<10), and in Koprivnica (<5).
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Outside Croatia
Family name Tomaz (including: Thomaz , Tohmaz ) is present in 56 countries worldwide. "Thomaz " is used by some 40000 people in Brazil , about 300 in the United States , and some 200 people in Portugal.
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Characteristic first names
Ružica Tomaz,
Marinko Tomaz,
Josip Tomaz,
Željko Tomaz,
Romeo Tomaz,
Željka Tomaz,
Alenka Tomaz,
Ante Tomaz,
Darko Tomaz,
Ivančica Tomaz,
Mateja Tomaz,
Vesna Tomaz,
Miodrag Tomaz,
Mile Tomaz,
Branka Tomaz,
Ankica Tomaz,
Žarko Tomaz,
Petar Tomaz,
Ivan Tomaz
