Surname Tomašić in modern Croatia

Tomašić families are Croats and they are mostly from the Island of Korcula. According to some sources sa otoka Krka or Sibenik area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Cakovec. In Smokvica on the Island of Korcula every fifth inhabitant had the family name Tomašić.

Prevalence

About 1900 people with faimily name Tomašić live in Croatia today, in 820 households. There were 2300 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 20 percent.
They are located in all Croatian counties, in 70 cities and 208 other places, mostly in Zagreb (290), Smokvica on the Island of Korcula (150), Rijeka (75), Velika Gorica (55), and in Karlovac (50).

Outside Croatia

At least 71 families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to: the United States (29), Australia (19), Canada (7), Germany (7), Switzerland (3), Argentina (3), Austria (2), and to France (1).
Family name Tomašić (including: Tomasic , Tomasich , Tomasciuc , Tomassich , Tomasichi , Tomasick , Thomasic and Thomasich ) is present in 35 countries worldwide. The family name "Tomasic " is used by some 1000 people in the United States , about 700 in Germany , and some 200 people in Canada. "Tomasich " is used by some 100 people in Italy , about 80 in the United States , and some 70 people in Argentina. "Tomasick " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Darko Tomašić, Hrvoje Tomašić, Dubravko Tomašić, Nenad Tomašić, Tomislav Tomašić, Ninoslav Tomašić, Jelka Tomašić, Vjekoslav Tomašić, Neven Tomašić, Ivan Tomašić, Zdenko Tomašić, Damir Tomašić, Branko Tomašić, Siniša Tomašić, Josipa Tomašić, Vedran Tomašić, Tanja Tomašić, Đuro Tomašić, Renata Tomašić

Mentions in sources

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

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