Surname Tomiša in modern Croatia

Tomiša families are Croats and they are mostly from Varazdin area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Varazdin area and in Varazdin. In Zamlača in Varazdin area every eighth inhabitant had the family name Tomiša.

Prevalence

About 100 people with faimily name Tomiša live in Croatia today, in 30 households. There were 60 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 70 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 8 cities and 11 other places, mostly in Cavle in Rijeka area (10), Koprivnica (<10), Varazdin (<10), and in Trnovec (<10) and Zamlaca (<10) in Varazdin area.

Outside Croatia

Family name Tomiša (including: Tomisa , Tomhisa , Tomisha , Tomhissa , Thomhisa , Tomisah , Tomiesha and Tomissa ) is present in 7 countries on four continents. "Tomiesha " is used by few people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Mario Tomiša, Tomislav Tomiša, Irena Tomiša, Siniša Tomiša, Martina Tomiša, Kristijan Tomiša, Zvonko Tomiša, Marina Tomiša, Tamara Tomiša, Sanja Tomiša, Slavko Tomiša, Đurđica Tomiša, Katarina Tomiša, Tatjana Tomiša, Nikola Tomiša, Vid Tomiša, Dragica Tomiša, Magdalena Tomiša, Slaven Tomiša

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 2007 in source Encyclopaedia of Croatian Surnames.

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