Surname Tome in modern Croatia

In Croatia, Tome families are predominantly Croats (from Pakrac ), rarely Italians (also from Pakrac ), and very rarely Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Pakrac and Zagreb.

Prevalence

About 60 people with faimily name Tome live in Croatia today, in 20 households. There were 50 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 20 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 7 cities and 8 other places, mostly in Sisak (<10), Zagreb (<10), Petrinja (<10), Djurdjevac (<10), and in Rijeka (<5).

Outside Croatia

Family name Tome (including: Thome , Tohme , Tomeh , Tomme , Tohmeh , Toome , Tomee , Toomeh and Tomhe ) is present in 126 countries worldwide. "Thome " is used by some 30000 people in Brazil , about 9000 in Germany , and some 7000 people in the United States. "Tomme " is used by some 600 people in the United States , about 400 in Germany , and some 400 people in Belgium. "Tomhe " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Dražen Tome, Ivan Tome, Silvana Tome, Andrea Tome, Zdravko Tome, Andrija Tome, Nataša Tome, Jasmina Tome, Sonja Tome, Slavica Tome, Klaudio Tome, Dubravko Tome, Marija Tome, Dario Tome, Romeo Tome, Petar Tome, Kristina Tome, Vladimir Tome, Regina Tome

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1931 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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